Kimlin, Michael G. and Parisi, Alfio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8430-8907 and Sabburg, Jeff and Downs, Nathan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3191-6404
(2002)
Understanding the UVA environment at a sub-tropical site and its consequent impact on human UVA exposure.
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 1 (7).
pp. 478-482.
ISSN 1474-905X
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Abstract
[Abstract]: Daily UVA and erythemal irradiance data on a horizontal plane at a sub-tropical site was measured during a period from March 2000 to February 2001. On a relative basis, UVA radiation was shown to be a greater concern to human exposure during the winter months than summer months. In summer (December to February), the peak daily UVA exposure was 205 J.cm-2 and in winter (June to August), the minimum daily value was 19 J.cm-2. The peak daily UVery exposure was 37 MED in summer and the winter minimum was 4 MED. The occupational work day UVA exposure to the vertex of the head was estimated using the collected UV data. The outdoor workers received 89% of the available UVA radiation whilst the home workers received 18% of the available ambient UVA radiation. This result parallels the exposure patterns of these two population groups, with the outdoor workers spending most of the working week outdoors, whilst the home workers spend small, intermittent time periods outdoors in the sun.
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Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Item Status: | Live Archive |
Additional Information: | Reproduced with permission from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences located at: http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/pp/index.asp |
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Biological and Physical Sciences (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Biological and Physical Sciences (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2008 10:37 |
Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2021 05:17 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | human UVA exposure |
Fields of Research (2008): | 02 Physical Sciences > 0299 Other Physical Sciences > 029901 Biological Physics 02 Physical Sciences > 0299 Other Physical Sciences > 029903 Medical Physics |
Fields of Research (2020): | 51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES > 5105 Medical and biological physics > 510501 Biological physics 51 PHYSICAL SCIENCES > 5105 Medical and biological physics > 510502 Medical physics |
Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1039/b200844k |
URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/3364 |
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