Clothing Protection from Ultraviolet Radiation: A New Method for Assessment

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1513-1518

  Gage, Ryan ^a   Leung, William ^a,b   Stanley, James ^a   Reeder, Anthony ^c   Barr, Michelle ^a   Chambers, Tim ^a   Smith, Moira ^a   Signal, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85026406101     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12803     Document Type: Article

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