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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Autoimmun Rev. 2008 Nov 6;8(4):320–324. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2008.10.003

Table 1.

Landmark papers establishing the LE action spectrum

UV family Wavelength (nm) Effect on skin Year First author [Reference]
UVB 290–320 Harmful 1969
1973		 Freeman RG [10]
Cripps DJ [11]
UVA2 320–340 Harmful 1990
1993		 Lehmann P [12]
Nived [13]
UVA1 340–400 Protective 1994 McGrath H. Jr. [14]