UV emissions from artificial tanning devices and their compliance with the European technical standard

Health Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 385-393

  Facta, Stefania ^a   Fusette, Stefania Saudino ^a   Bonino, Alessandro ^a   Anglesio, Laura ^a   D'Amore, Giovanni ^a  

^a ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

dose assessment; exposure, population; safety standards; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEATHER INDUSTRY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EUROPEAN UNION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; TANNING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84874630762     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e31827f1050     Document Type: Article

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