Sun exposure patterns of urban, suburban, and rural children: a dosimetry and diary study of 150 children

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1282-1289

  Bodekær, Mette ^a   Petersen, Bibi ^a   Philipsen, Peter Alshede ^a   Heydenreich, Jakob ^a   Thieden, Elisabeth ^a   Wulf, Hans Christian ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOMETRY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SUNLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOMETRY; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934344328     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5pp00052a     Document Type: Article

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