Smart Technologies: Useful Tools to Assess the Exposure to Solar Ultraviolet Radiation for General Population and Outdoor Workers
Smart Technologies: Useful Tools to Assess the Exposure to Solar Ultraviolet Radiation for General Population and Outdoor Workers
- Author(s): A. Militello ; M. Borra ; F. Bisegna ; C. Burattini ; C. Grandi
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2016.0945
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- Author(s): A. Militello ; M. Borra ; F. Bisegna ; C. Burattini ; C. Grandi Source: 18th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies (Fotonica 2016), 2016 page ()
- Conference: 18th Italian National Conference on Photonic Technologies (Fotonica 2016)
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2016.0945
- ISBN: 978-1-78561-268-8
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Conference date: 6-8 June 2016
- Format: PDF
Beside some documented benefits attributed to ultraviolet solar radiation (solar UVR), a lot of adverse effects are a consequence of a chronic exposure, including the occurrence of photo-induced skin cancer. Improvement in risks perception, due to UVR overexposure, in the case of occupational or recreational exposure, is of great importance for public health. The amount of exposure to UVR has to be assessed as accurately as possible, with the aim to characterize different exposure conditions and, by their appropriate management, to prevent adverse health effects attributed to prolonged exposure to solar radiation (SR). The available technology allows to acquire such information, either using miniaturized and wearable sensors, or through devices who exploit radiative transfer models by integrating satellite-based radiometric data with meteorological data. We proceeded to an intercomparison to evaluate the performance of different devices in three commonly exposure conditions. Applications using satellite data, developed for preventing sunburn during recreational exposure, are adeguate for that purpose, while for a more accurate exposure assessment, only those which evaluate the irradiance in near real-time provide acceptable results. Unlike earlier, the low-cost devices that use wearable sensors showed inadequate performance for our purpose.
Inspec keywords: solar radiation; sunlight; biological effects of ultraviolet radiation; cancer
Subjects: Biological effects of ionizing radiations (UV, X-ray, gamma-ray; particle radiation effects); Biophysical instrumentation and techniques
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