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Phenothiazine UVA dosimeter: characteristics and performance

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This paper provides an overview of the characteristics of a phenothiazine-mylar dosimeter which can be used as an effective solar UVA exposure assessment tool. This dosimeter is sensitive to UVA wavelengths (315–400 nm); its performance has been characterized in a series of tests such as (a) UVA exposure response (dose-response), (b) temperature stability of the response, (c) impact of long term storage, and (d) angular response. There is no effect of long term storage post-exposure and no effect of temperature up to 30 °C. For angles up to 70°, the cosine error of the normalized UVA is less than approximately 0.1. These characterizations have confirmed the reliability and reproducibility of a phenothiazine-mylar combined dosimeter as an effective solar UVA exposure tool for field-based studies of the UVA exposures to population groups.

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    Keqin Jia & Michael G. Kimlin

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    Alfio V. Parisi

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Jia, K., Parisi, A.V. & Kimlin, M.G. Phenothiazine UVA dosimeter: characteristics and performance. Photochem Photobiol Sci 9, 1224–1227 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1039/c0pp00094a

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