Erythemal dose rate under noon overcast skies

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 777-786

  Silva, Abel A ^a  

^a Instituto de Estudos Avancados   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; SEASON; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84876922766     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2pp25330e     Document Type: Article

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