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Dr David Turnbull

Name :	Dr David Turnbull
Position :	Casual Employment
Section :	Office of Research Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health
Office :	TA233
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 1450
Extension :	1450
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BSc, PhD USQ

Professional Memberships

Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health (USQ)

Research Interests

Ultraviolet Radiation
Cancer Prevention
Shade
Vitamin D
Photosensitive Polymers and Dosimetry
Radiometry

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Turnbull, D.J. & Parisi, A.V. Utilising shade to optimise UV exposure for vitamin D3, in press Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 29 November 2007.

Turnbull, D.J. & Schouten, P.W. Utilising polyphenylene oxide for long term solar UVA dosimetry, in press Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20 December 2007.

Turnbull, D.J. & Parisi, A.V. 2007, Optimising Solar UV Exposures for Vitamin D3: Comparing Global and Diffuse Spectral UV, in press Radiation Research, 14 Nov 2007.

Most notable :
Turnbull, D.J. & Parisi, A.V. 2006, Effective shade structures, Medical Journal of Australia, vol.184(1), pp.13-15. Turnbull, D.J., Parisi, A.V. and Kimlin, M.G. 2005, Vitamin D effective wavelengths due to scattered UV in the shade, Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol.96(5), pp.431-436.

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 4 years