Evaluation of differences in ultraviolet exposure during weekend and weekday activities
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Article Title | Evaluation of differences in ultraviolet exposure during weekend and weekday activities |
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ERA Journal ID | 1022 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Parisi, A. V. (Author), Meldrum, L. R. (Author), Kimlin, M. G. (Author), Wong, J. C. F. (Author), Aitken, J. (Author) and Mainstone, J. S. (Author) |
Journal Title | Physics in Medicine and Biology |
Journal Citation | 45 (8), pp. 2253-2262 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2000 |
Place of Publication | Bristol, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0031-9155 |
1361-6560 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/45/8/314 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/0031-9155/45/8 |
Abstract | The weekday UV exposures to anatomical sites were evaluated for outdoor workers, home workers, adolescents, indoor workers, school staff, and students, in south-east Queensland, Australia. Additionally, the UV exposures on the weekends of school staff, school students, indoor workers and outdoor workers were evaluated. The weekday exposures per day ranged from 1.0 to 11.0 SED for winter to summer respectively. During spring, the ratios of the personal exposures divided by the ambient exposures on the weekend to the personal exposures divided by the ambient exposures on the weekdays to the neck, hand and left arm were at least 3.4, 2.0 and 0.67 for the indoor workers, school staff and students and outdoor workers respectively. The same ratios for the erythemal UV exposures over the year, estimated from the exposures on four days in each of the four seasons, were at least 2.3 for the school staff and at least 1.3 for the 13 to 19 year old school students. These results reinforce the importance of targeting prevention programs to both weekend and weekday exposures. |
Keywords | age factors; environmental exposure; occupational exposure; protective clothing; Queensland; radiation dosage; ultraviolet rays |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 519999. Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified |
511099. Synchrotrons and accelerators not elsewhere classified | |
370106. Atmospheric radiation | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Astronomy, Solar Radiation and Climate |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Centre for Astronomy and Atmospheric Research | |
Queensland Cancer Fund, Australia |
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