Concurrent evaluation of personal damaging and beneficial UV exposures over an extended period
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Article Title | Concurrent evaluation of personal damaging and beneficial UV exposures over an extended period |
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ERA Journal ID | 2243 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Wainwright, L. K. (Author), Parisi, A. V. (Author) and Downs, N. J. (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, B: Biology |
Journal Citation | 170, pp. 188-196 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2017 |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 1011-1344 |
1873-2682 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.04.013 |
Abstract | Personal exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is acknowledged as having both positive and negative effects on human health. This study aimed to measure concurrently the personal erythemal UV, UVA and vitamin D effective exposures of participants in each season of a year. Participants were all indoor office workers located at two different sites less than 6.5 km apart at the sub-tropical location of Toowoomba (27°33′S 151°55′E). The subjects wore a combined dosimeter badge horizontally on the shoulder for a minimum of one week in each season; this badge used methoxypsoralen film to record the UVA waveband and polyphenylene oxide film for the erythemal and the vitamin D effective UV wavebands. The results show that median erythemal exposure was highest during the spring and lowest during winter, as was the vitamin D effective exposure. Median UVA exposures were at a similar level in winter and summer, autumn was higher (double) and spring at a lower level. |
Keywords | dosimeter; UVB; PPO; vitamin D; erythema; UVA; |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510502. Medical physics |
510501. Biological physics | |
370106. Atmospheric radiation | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q419z/concurrent-evaluation-of-personal-damaging-and-beneficial-uv-exposures-over-an-extended-period
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