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Document ID (ISN)39314
CIS number 83-388
ISSN - Serial title 0020-7853 - International Lighting Review
Year 1982
Convention or series no.
Title Is fluorescent lighting dangerous?
Bibliographic information 1982, Vol.33, No.4, p.104-105. 4 ref.
Abstract Problems of general concern considered are: no evidence for health hazards due to fluorescent lighting; complaints by people working under fluorescent lighting; differences in the spectral composition of fluorescent light compared to daylight and incandescent light; effects of the discontinous spectrum of fluorescent lamps; stress caused by high-level fluorescent lighting; health effects of the skin absorption of ultraviolet and infrared radiation; skin cancer by fluorescent lighting; hazard of mercury pollution by fluorescent lamps. The explanations given dispel all popular concerns and misconceptions about the use of fluorescent lighting.
Descriptors (primary) fluorescent tubes; health hazards; artificial lighting
Descriptors (secondary) ultraviolet radiation; stress evaluation; skin cancer
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Lighting, colour and vision
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Lighting and colour