title: Study of UV radiation dose received by the Spanish population.
abstract: Excess exposure to UV radiation can affect our health by causing sunburn, skin cancer, etc. It is therefore useful to determine the UV dosage received by people as a way of protecting them from the possible negative effects that this kind of radiation can cause. In this work, the personal outdoor percentage, which shows the time spent in outdoor activities, as well as personal UV doses, has been calculated by means of global UV radiation on a horizontal plane. A database of average daily UVB radiation on the horizontal plane given by the National Institute of Meteorology has been used. In this work we evaluate the standard erythema dose of the Spanish population throughout the year.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Termodinámica Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gurrea
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cañada
mesh_terms: D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004890:Erythema / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects; D013030:Spain; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays