Journal article
Reduction in the personal annual solar erythemal ultraviolet exposure provided by Australian gum trees
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol.92(4), pp.307-312
2000
Abstract
The fraction and the distribution of the personal daily solar erythemal UV exposure were assessed for the shade provided by Australian gum trees in each of the four seasons to allow evaluation of the reduction in the personal UV exposure in tree shade over a year. The personal annual erythemal UV exposures in the tree shade ranged from 2510 SED (standard erythema dose) for the vertical part of the ear to 8016 SED for the vertex of the head compared to 14,834 SED to a horizontal plane in full sun. The erythemal UV seasonal exposures for 15 min intervals on a horizontal plane in full sun in winter are comparable to the UV exposure to the vertex of the head in shade in autumn and spring. The UV exposure in the tree shade for summer, is approximately 20% less than the full sun exposure in autumn. The reduced personal annual erythemal UV exposures due to the tree shade provided reductions by a factor of 2 to 3 and 4 to 6 in the contribution to the risk of basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas, respectively, compared to not employing the protection of the tree shade.
Details
- Title
- Reduction in the personal annual solar erythemal ultraviolet exposure provided by Australian gum trees
- Authors
- A V Parisi (Author) - University of Southern QueenslandMichael G Kimlin (Author) - University of Southern QueenslandJ C F Wong (Author) - University of Southern QueenslandR Lester (Author) - University of Southern QueenslandD Turnbull (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol.92(4), pp.307-312
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date published
- 2000
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a033297
- ISSN
- 0144-8420; 0144-8420
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2000 The Author. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Radiation Protection Dosimetry following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Parisi, A V, Kimlin, Michael G, Wong, J C F, Lester, R, Turnbull, D (2000) Reduction in the personal annual solar erythemal ultraviolet exposure provided by Australian gum trees. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 92, No. 4, pp.307-312. is available online at: http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449385602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
- Research Statement
- false
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