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Solar UVR Exposure of Infants and Small Children in Townsville, Australia

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Biologic Effects of Light 1998

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Townsville (190 S, populafion: 130,000) is an urban coastal community located in the dry tropics of North Queensland, Australia. It has high levels of ambient solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) due mainly to its geographical location.1’2 During summer in Australia, the earth’s elliptical orbit brings it closer to the sun than during the northern summer, resulting in 7% additional intensity of solar UVR. This, coupled with clearer atmospheric conditions and the more significant ozone depletion observed over the Antarctic, may result in a measured ambient UVR which is 12 to 15% higher for geographical locations in the southern hemisphere than at comparable locations in the northern hemisphere.3’4

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  1. School Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

    Aurel F. Moise

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    Simone L. Harrison

  3. Australian Radiation Laboratory, Yallambie, Victoria, Australia

    Peter Gies

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Moise, A.F., Harrison, S.L., Gies, P. (1999). Solar UVR Exposure of Infants and Small Children in Townsville, Australia. In: Holick, M.F., Jung, E.G. (eds) Biologic Effects of Light 1998. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5051-8_45

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