Effective ultraviolet irradiance measurements from artificialtanning devices in Greece

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 490-501

  Petri, Aspasia ^a   Karabetsos, Efthymios ^a  

^a GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; GREECE; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARDS; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GREECE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNBATHING; TANNING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84960078876     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu346     Document Type: Article

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