Solar UV exposure of seafarers along subtropical and tropical shipping Routes

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1497-1506

  Feister, Uwe ^a   Meyer, Gabriele ^b   Kirst, Ulrich ^b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; SUNLIGHT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; SUNLIGHT; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84887411049     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12144     Document Type: Article

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