Measurements of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure at Work and at Leisure in Danish Workers

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 807-814

  Grandahl, Kasper ^a   Eriksen, Paul ^b   Ibler, Kristina Sophie ^a   Bonde, Jens Peter ^a   Mortensen, Ole Steen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DOSIMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RECREATION; STANDARDS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CALIBRATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION DOSIMETERS; RECREATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85045881643     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12920     Document Type: Article

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