Extreme UV index and solar exposures at plateau rosà (3500ma.s.l.) in valle d'aosta Region, Italy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 512-513, Issue , 2015, Pages 622-630

  Casale, Giuseppe R ^a   Siani, Anna Maria ^a   Diémoz, Henri ^a,b   Agnesod, Giovanni ^b   Parisi, Alfio V ^c   Colosimo, Alfredo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ARPA Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley Regional Environmental Protection Agency)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine site; Personal exposure; Poly dimethyl phenylene oxide; Polysulphone; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COLORIMETRY; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALPINE SITE; EXPOSURE PERIOD; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POLYSULPHONE; SOLAR EXPOSURE; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; TIME INTERVAL;

COLOR;

POLYDIMETHYLPHENYLENE OXIDE; POLYMER; POLYSULFONE; SUNSCREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIING; SKIN COLOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YOUNG ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT;

ITALY; VALLE D'AOSTA;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84921966746     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.049     Document Type: Article

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