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Alois W Schmalwieser1, Julian Gröbner, Mario Blumthaler, Barbara Klotz, Hugo De Backer, David Bolsée, Rolf Werner, Davor Tomsic, Ladislav Metelka, Paul Eriksen, Nis Jepsen, Margit Aun, Anu Heikkilä, Thierry Duprat, Henner Sandmann, Tilman Weiss, Alkis Bais, Zoltan Toth, Anna-Maria Siani, Luisa Vaccaro, Henri Diémoz, Daniele Grifoni, Gaetano Zipoli, Giuseppe Lorenzetto, Boyan H Petkov, Alcide Giorgio di Sarra, Francis Massen, Charles Yousif, Alexandr A Aculinin, Peter den Outer, Tove Svendby, Arne Dahlback, Bjørn Johnsen, Julita Biszczuk-Jakubowska, Janusz Krzyscin, Diamantino Henriques, Natalia Chubarova, Predrag Kolarž, Zoran Mijatovic, Drago Groselj, Anna Pribullova, Juan Ramon Moreta Gonzales, Julia Bilbao, José Manuel Vilaplana Guerrero, Antonio Serrano, Sandra Andersson, Laurent Vuilleumier, Ann Webb, John O'Hagan.
Abstract
The UV Index was established more than 20 years ago as a tool for sun protection and health care. Shortly after its introduction, UV Index monitoring started in several countries either by newly acquired instruments or by converting measurements from existing instruments into the UV Index. The number of stations and networks has increased over the years. Currently, 160 stations in 25 European countries deliver online values to the public via the Internet. In this paper an overview of these UV Index monitoring sites in Europe is given. The overview includes instruments as well as quality assurance and quality control procedures. Furthermore, some examples are given about how UV Index values are presented to the public. Through these efforts, 57% of the European population is supplied with high quality information, enabling them to adapt behaviour. Although health care, including skin cancer prevention, is cost-effective, a proportion of the European population still doesn't have access to UV Index information.Entities:
Year: 2017 PMID： 28848959 DOI： 10.1039/c7pp00178a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Photochem Photobiol Sci ISSN： 1474-905X Impact factor: 3.982