Shade provision for toddlers at swimming pools in Melbourne

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 968-973

  Gies, Peter ^a   Makin, Jennifer ^b   Dobbinson, Suzanne ^b   Javorniczky, John ^a   Henderson, Stuart ^a   Guilfoyle, Robert ^a   Lock, Jordan ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DARKNESS; HUMAN; INFANT; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; SWIMMING POOL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AUSTRALIA; DARKNESS; HUMANS; INFANT; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; SWIMMING POOLS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84879845030     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12078     Document Type: Article

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