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A dosimeter for long wave ultraviolet radiation
Author(s) -
DIFFEY B.L.,
DAVIS A.,
JOHNSON M.,
HARRINGTON T.R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1977.tb15056.x
Subject(s) - dosimeter , ultraviolet radiation , ultraviolet , chromophore , optoelectronics , radiation , materials science , psoriasis , optics , medicine , dermatology , radiochemistry , photochemistry , physics , chemistry
SUMMARY A polymer film, which incorporates phenothiazine as the chromophore, has been developed as a personnel dosimeter for long wave ultraviolet radiation. It is stable, reproducible and is particularly suited to monitoring the doses received by patients undergoing photochemotherapy for psoriasis.