Solar radiation and color adaptation

• Main Authors: International Congress on the Sun in the Service of Mankind, Paris, 1973, Hay, H.R.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Physiological effects; Solar radiation; Animals; Human species; Vitamins; Arctic regions; Ultraviolet radiation; Tropical zones; Arctic
• Online Access: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000006727

Incl. bibl. Meeting paper on the physiological effects of solar radiation on animals and on human species, with particular reference to colour adaptation - Investigates the warm effect of white and the role of pigmentless hair in vitamin D production in the Arctic regions, describes the cool effect and ultraviolet radiation screening of black pigmentation in humid tropical zones