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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on October 25, 2006
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2007 123(3):369-377; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncl151
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© Health Protection Agency, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards 2006. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Radiation and chemical degradation of UVR protection characteristics of fabrics

M. Khazova*, J. B. O'Hagan and K. J.-L. Grainger

HPA-CRCE, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0RQ, UK

* Corresponding author: marina.khazova{at}hpa-rp.org.uk

Received July 24, 2006, amended August 31, 2006, accepted September 6, 2006


  Abstract

Clothing can provide substantial protection against solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and quantifying the amount of protection can have useful applications to recreational, occupational and medical situations. However, exposure of fabrics to sunlight and sea water can alter their physical and chemical properties, resulting in a change of UVR attenuation characteristics. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effects of environmental degradation of fabrics on their UVR protection characteristics. The methodologies applied in this study can be used also for the assessment of protective clothing against occupational exposure.


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