Review of Wearable and Portable Sensors for Monitoring Personal Solar UV Exposure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiyong Huang ◽  
Andrew N. Chalmers
Keyword(s):  
Uv Exposure ◽  
Portable Sensors ◽  
Solar Uv

scholarly journals The Early Days of Personal Solar Ultraviolet Dosimetry

Atmosphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Diffey
Keyword(s):  
Uv Radiation ◽  
Human Exposure ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Uv Exposure ◽  
Population Exposure ◽  
Atmospheric Ozone ◽  
Quantitative Understanding ◽  
Solar Uv ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Solar Ultraviolet

In the early 1970s, environmental conservationists were becoming concerned that a reduction in the thickness of the atmospheric ozone layer would lead to increased levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation at ground level, resulting in higher population exposure to UV and subsequent harm, especially a rise in skin cancer. At the time, no measurements had been reported on the normal levels of solar UV radiation which populations received in their usual environment, so this lack of data, coupled with increasing concerns about the impact to human health, led to the development of simple devices that monitored personal UV exposure. The first and most widely used UV dosimeter was the polymer film, polysulphone, and this review describes its properties and some of the pioneering studies using the dosimeter that led to a quantitative understanding of human exposure to sunlight in a variety of behavioral, occupational, and geographical settings.

Variations in total ozone column and biologically effective solar UV exposure doses in Bologna, Italy during the period 2005–2010

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyan Petkov ◽  
Vito Vitale ◽  
Claudio Tomasi ◽  
Mauro Mazzola ◽  
Christian Lanconelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Total Ozone ◽  
Uv Exposure ◽  
Total Ozone Column ◽  
Solar Uv ◽  
Ozone Column

scholarly journals Solar UV Exposure and Mortality from Skin Tumors

2009 ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Berwick ◽  
Anne Lachiewicz ◽  
Claire Pestak ◽  
Nancy Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Skin Tumors ◽  
Uv Exposure ◽  
Solar Uv

scholarly journals Public Health Implications of Solar UV Exposure during Extreme Cold and Hot Weather Episodes in 2018 in Chilton, South East England

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Rebecca Rendell ◽  
Michael Higlett ◽  
Marina Khazova ◽  
John O’Hagan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Extreme Temperature ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Uv Exposure ◽  
Cold Weather ◽  
Alert System ◽  
Health Implications ◽  
Health Advice ◽  
Solar Uv

Consideration of the implications of solar UV exposure on public health during extreme temperature events is important due to their increasing frequency as a result of climate change. In this paper public health impacts of solar UV exposure, both positive and negative, during extreme hot and cold weather in England in 2018 were assessed by analysing environmental variations in UV and temperature. Consideration was given to people’s likely behaviour, the current alert system and public health advice. During a period of severe cold weather in February-March 2018 UV daily doses were around 25–50% lower than the long-term average (1991–2017); however, this would not impact on sunburn risk or the benefit of vitamin D production. In spring 2018 unseasonably high temperatures coincided with high UV daily doses (40–75% above long-term average) on significant days: the London Marathon (22 April) and UK May Day Bank Holiday weekend, which includes a public holiday on the Monday (5–7 May). People were likely to have intermittent excess solar UV exposure on unacclimatised skin, causing sunburn and potentially increasing the risk of skin cancers. No alerts were raised for these events since they occurred outside the alerting period. During a heat-wave in summer 2018 the environmental availability of UV was high—on average of 25% above the long-term average. The public health implications are complex and highly dependent on behaviour and sociodemographic variables such as skin colour. For all three periods Pearson’s correlation analysis showed a statistically significant (p<0.05) positive correlation between maximum daily temperature and erythema-effective UV daily dose. Public health advice may be improved by taking account of both temperature and UV and their implications for behaviour. A health impact-based alert system would be of benefit throughout the year, particularly in spring and summer.

scholarly journals Solar UV exposure of children in a summer school in Valencia, Spain

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
María-Antonia Serrano ◽  
Javier Cañada ◽  
Juan Carlos Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Summer School ◽  
Uv Exposure ◽  
Solar Uv

scholarly journals Solar UV exposure in construction workers in Valencia, Spain

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 525-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
María-Antonia Serrano ◽  
◽  
Javier Cañada ◽  
Juan Carlos Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Construction Workers ◽  
Uv Exposure ◽  
Solar Uv
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