Personal solar UVR exposure: a method of increasing the reliability of measurements made with film badge dosimeters.
Polysulphone film, mounted in single aperture badges, has been used extensively to monitor personal solar UVB (280-315 nm) exposure. The reliability of individual badge measurements after exposure to solar simulated radiation was calculated using a 2-way analysis of variance. A new badge mount has been designed with 4 circular apertures. This badge had a 30% greater reliability of measurement than the older badge. The new badges are equally acceptable to clinical trial participants and are more robust in structure. It is suggested that the 4-aperture badge might be a useful successor to the single aperture badge in future studies of this nature.
D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays