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Minimal heating dose: a novel biological unit to measure infrared irradiation

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Authors

Lee, Hyoun Seung; Lee, Dong Hun; Cho, Soyun; Chung, Jin Ho

Issue Date
2006-05-25
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Citation
Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2006 Jun;22(3):148-52.
Keywords
AdultAsian Continental Ancestry GroupDose-Response Relationship, RadiationFemaleHumansKoreaMaleMiddle AgedReference StandardsResearch Design/standardsSkin Tests/methodsInfrared Rays
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Infrared (IR) rays, which comprise approximately 40% of the solar radiation which reaches the earth's surface, have received relatively scant attention. As no standard method has yet been agreed upon for the biological evaluation of IR irradiation, the objective of this study is to suggest a new unit for IR irradiation. METHODS: The skin temperature of 38 Korean volunteers was measured after IR irradiation with varying irradiance. RESULTS: Skin temperature after IR irradiation at an irradiance of 2.02 W/cm2 remained unchanged after 652+/-22 s (mean+/-standard error), which corresponds, in this case, to a total radiation dose of IR 1317.3+/-44.84 J/cm2. This quantity was designated as the minimal heating dose (MHD). We also demonstrated that MHD increased with increasing IR irradiance at lower IR irradiance (1.17 and 2.02 W/cm2), whereas it became constant at higher irradiance (2.87 and 3.22 W/cm2). No statistically significant correlations were detected between MHD and volunteers' ages, erythema index, or melanin index. CONCLUSION: We propose 'MHD' as a biological unit for the measurement of IR irradiation.
ISSN
0905-4383 (Print)
Language
English
URI
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16719869

https://hdl.handle.net/10371/44025
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0781.2006.00201.x
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