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| DOI: | 10.1023/A:1012210710900 |
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| Web URL(s): | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023%2FA%3A1012210710900.pdf
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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Heisler, Gordon M.;
Grant, Richard H. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Heisler: Northeastern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY; Grant: Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
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| Title: | Ultraviolet radiation in urban ecosystems with consideration of effects on human health |
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| Source: | Urban Ecosystems. Vol. 4, No. 3, July 2000, p. 193-229. |
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| Publishing Information: | Andover, Hants U.K.: Chapman and Hall |
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| # of Pages: | 37 |
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| Related Web URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1012210710900
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Atmosphere; Exposure assessment; Health; Radiation injuries; Regional variation; Safety; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet radiation; Urban habitat
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Excess exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UV) from the sun, particularly the ultraviolet B (UVB), is cited as a cause or contributing factor for deleterious effects on human health, including skin cancers and cataracts. Rates of skin cancer have increased greatly in recent years, and increased UVB caused by reductions in stratospheric ozone may be responsible for some of the increase in rates, though quantified estimates of the effect of the UVB changes on health have low certainty. UVB exposure also affects the function of the immune system, and the potential resulting effects on infectious diseases and immunizations are a concern. Epidemiological considerations suggest that peoples routine exposure to UV in urban areas can be significant in adverse health effects, particularly for young children. Projected trends of ozone indicate that agreements to limit ozone-depleting substances are slowing the UVB increase, but high levels will continue and apparently impact health to the middle of the current century. Urban trees greatly reduce ultraviolet irradiance in their shade when they obscure both the sun and sky. Where trees or other structures obscure only the sun, leaving much of the sky in view, UVB irradiance will be greater than suggested by the visible shade. Since air pollutants influence the UVB above the canopy, and the overlying atmosphere is usually more polluted in urban than rural areas, additional above-canopy monitoring of UV in urban areas is needed for comparison to existing rural monitoring sites. Such monitoring would facilitate the development of computer models of urban effects on UV, which are needed for epidemiological investigations, public education, and urban planning." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 117 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Heisler, G. M., and R. H. Grant. 2000. Ultraviolet radiation in urban ecosystems with consideration of effects on human health. Urban Ecosystems. 4(3):p. 193-229. |
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| DOI: 10.1023/A:1012210710900 |
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