Solar ultraviolet radiation: Properties, characteristics and amounts observed in Brazil and south America

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 297-313

  Corrêa, Marcelo De Paula ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ozone; Prevention and mitigation; Protection; Skin diseases; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; OXYGEN; OZONE; VITAMIN D; OZONE LAYER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BRAZIL; ERYTHEMA; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOUTH AMERICA; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; OZONE LAYER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTOR;

BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOUTH AMERICA; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84936767753     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20154089     Document Type: Article

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