Solar UV exposure in construction workers in Valencia, Spain

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 525-530

  Serrano, María Antonia ^a   Cañada, Javier ^a   Moreno, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

exposure ratio; personal exposure; UV erythemal radiation; UV radiation; VioSpor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SPAIN; SUNLIGHT;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN; SPAIN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84883221447     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.58     Document Type: Article

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