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Atmosphere and UV-B radiation at ground level / Sasha Madronich -- Simulation of daylight ultraviolet radiation and effects of ozone depletion / Lars Olof Bjorn and Alan H. Teramura -- Monitoring ultraviolet radiation / Weine A.P. Josefsson -- Influence of ozone depletion on the incidence of skin cancer: quantitative predicition / Frank R. de Gruijl and Jan C. Van der Leun -- UV-induced immunosuppression: relationships between changes in solar UV spectra and immunologic responses / Frances P. Noonan and Edward C. De Fabo -- Ocular damage by environmental radiant energy and its prevention / Seymour Zigman -- Vitamin D synthesis under changing UV spectra / Ann R. Webb -- Can cellular responses to continuous-wave and pulsed UV radiation differ? / Tiina Karu -- Ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer: epidemiological data from Australia / Adele Green and Gail Williams -- Ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer: epidemiological data from Scandinavia / Johan Moan and Arne Dahlback -- Ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer: epidemiological data from the United States and Canada / Martin A. Weinstock. (cont) Induction and repair of DNA photodamage in the environment / David L. Mitchell and Deneb Karentz -- Ultraviolet radiation and its effects on organisms in aquatic environments / Osmund Holm-Hansen, Dan Lubin and E. Walter Helbling -- Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on terrestrial plants / Janet F. Borman and Alan H. Teramura.