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Wearing dosimeter badges

Children wearing dosimeter badges recording amount of sunburning

Children wearing UV dosimeter badges that record the amount of sunburning UV (UVB) every eight seconds.

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Rights: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Published: 29 July 2008Size: 110.54 KB
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