Human UVA exposures estimated from ambient UVA measurements
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Article Title | Human UVA exposures estimated from ambient UVA measurements |
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ERA Journal ID | 1487 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Kimlin, Michael G. (Author), Parisi, Alfio (Author) and Downs, Nathan (Author) |
Journal Title | Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences |
Journal Citation | 2 (4), pp. 365-369 |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2003 |
Place of Publication | London, U.K. |
ISSN | 1474-905X |
1474-9092 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1039/b207953d |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/PP/article.asp?doi=b207953d |
Abstract | The methods presented in this paper allow for the estimation of human UVA exposure using measured UVA irradiance values. Using measured broadband UVA irradiances over the period of a year, it was estimated that for humans in an upright posture and not moving the head with respect to the body, the nose received 26.5% of the available ambient UVA radiation, whilst the shoulders and vertex of the head received 81% and 100% respectively of the available ambient UVA radiation. Measurement of the exposure ratios for a series of solar zenith angles between 90° and 0° will allow extension of this technique to other latitudes. |
Keywords | human UVA exposure |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510501. Biological physics |
510502. Medical physics | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Astronomy and Atmospheric Research |
Centre for Astronomy, Solar Radiation and Climate |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y6yw/human-uva-exposures-estimated-from-ambient-uva-measurements
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