title: Phenothiazine UVA dosimeter: characteristics and performance.
abstract: This paper provides an overview of the characteristics of a phenothiazine-mylar dosimeter which can be used as an effective solar UVA exposure assessment tool. This dosimeter is sensitive to UVA wavelengths (315-400 nm); its performance has been characterized in a series of tests such as (a) UVA exposure response (dose-response), (b) temperature stability of the response, (c) impact of long term storage, and (d) angular response. There is no effect of long term storage post-exposure and no effect of temperature up to 30 degrees C. For angles up to 70 degrees, the cosine error of the normalized UVA is less than approximately 0.1. These characterizations have confirmed the reliability and reproducibility of a phenothiazine-mylar combined dosimeter as an effective solar UVA exposure tool for field-based studies of the UVA exposures to population groups.
authors.affiliation: AusSun Research Laboratory, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
authors.forename: Keqin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Alfio V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kimlin
mesh_terms: D010640:Phenothiazines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D010640:Phenothiazines; C031637:phenothiazine