Bringing Light into Darkness—Comparison of Different Personal Dosimeters for Assessment of Solar Ultraviolet Exposure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15514921 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claudine Strehl (Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung, corresponding author), Timo Heepenstrick (Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung), Peter Knuschke (0000-0001-5574-7281, Technische Universität Dresden), Marc Wittlich (0000-0002-9765-1082, Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 17 |
| Pages | 9071-9071 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18179071 |
| PMID | 34501660 |
| OpenAlex | W3197569525 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 47 |
(1) Measuring personal exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) poses a major challenges for researchers. Often, the study design determines the measuring devices that can be used, be it the duration of measurements or size restrictions on different body parts. It is therefore of great importance that measuring devices produce comparable results despite technical differences and modes of operation. Particularly when measurement results from different studies dealing with personal UV exposure are to be compared with each other, the need for intercomparability and intercalibration factors between different measurement systems becomes significant. (2) Three commonly used dosimeter types-(polysulphone film (PSF), biological, and electronic dosimeters)-were selected to perform intercalibration measurements. They differ in measurement principle and sensitivity, measurement accuracy, and susceptibility to inaccuracies. The aim was to derive intercalibration factors for these dosimeter types. (3) While a calibration factor between PSF and electronic dosimeters of about 1.3 could be derived for direct irradiation of the dosimeters, this was not the case for larger angles of incidence of solar radiation with increasing fractions of diffuse irradiation. Electronic dosimeters show small standard deviation across all measurements. For biological dosimeters, no intercalibration factor could be found with respect to PSF and electronic dosimeters. In a use case, the relation between steady-state measurements and personal measurements was studied. On average, persons acquired only a small fraction of the ambient radiation
Accuracy and precision · Calibration · Dosimeter · Dosimetry · Electronic engineering · Geography · Irradiation · Medical physics · Nuclear medicine · Optics · Optoelectronics · Physics · Radiochemistry · Remote sensing · Sensitivity (control systems · Statistics · Ultraviolet · Ultraviolet radiation · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Chemistry · Engineering · Environmental Science · Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure · Materials Science · Mathematics · Medicine · Skin Protection and Aging · Radiation
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |