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Eye protection in psoralen photochemotherapy
Author(s) -
DAVEY J.B.,
DIFFEY B.L.,
MILLER J.A.
Publication year - 1981
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.1365-2133.1981.tb00952.x
Subject(s) - psoralen , ultraviolet , ultraviolet a , optics , ultraviolet radiation , optometry , dermatology , materials science , optoelectronics , medicine , chemistry , physics , dna , biochemistry , radiochemistry
SUMMARY The optical performance of some commercially‐available tinted lenses is discussed. There is a wide variation in the UV absorbing power of sunglasses although adequate protection against solar UV‐A can be achieved with some, but not all, polarizing material. The darkness of a tint is not an indication of its likely performance within the ultraviolet bands and it is possible that lenses could be produced that lacked any significant tint yet absorbed strongly throughout the UV region.