| ID (ISN) del documento | 58064 |
| Número CIS |
92-996 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0017-9078 - Health Physics |
| Año |
1991 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Rosenthal F.S., West S.K., Munoz B., Emmett E.A., Strickland P.T., Taylor H.R. |
| Título |
Ocular and facial skin exposure to ultraviolet radiation in sunlight: A personal exposure model with application to a worker population |
| Información bibliográfica |
July 1991, Vol.61, no.1, p.77-86. Illus. 18 ref. |
| Resumen |
A model of eye and facial skin exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation is presented that combines interview histories of work activities, leisure activities, eyeglass wearing, and hat use with field and laboratory measurements of UV radiant exposure. Site-specific exposure is expressed as the product of personal ambient exposure, defined as the ambient exposure while an individual is exposed to sunlight, and factors that describe the ratio of site-specific to personal ambient exposure. Ocular exposure is further corrected by the UV attenuation of typical eyewear. The model was used to compute cumulative and yearly exposures in a population of 838 watermen who work on the Chesapeake Bay (State of Maryland, United States) and are highly exposed to sunlight. The model was found to be predictive of conditions known to be caused by excessive sun exposure--skin elastosis, climatic droplet keratopathy, and squamous cell carcinoma--and has been useful in several epidemiological studies. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
radiación solar; enfermedades de los ojos y sus anejos; ojos; piel; radiación ultravioleta |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
Maryland; modelos matemáticos; encuesta epidemiológica; valoración de la exposición |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| País / Estado o Provincia | Australia; Estados Unidos |
| Tema(s) |
Radiaciones
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Riesgos físicos
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Non-ionizing radiation
Diseases of the eye and vision damage
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