Method and apparatus for measuring ultraviolet protection effect

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Provisions are made so that an SPF value having high correlation with an in vivo SPF value can be calculated in vitro using a common calculation equation regardless of the material type used. Transmitted UV intensities I(.lambda.) are corrected by respective erythemal effectiveness coefficients EE(.lambda.) to calculate an erythema-inducing UV intensity EUI, and the elements of I(.lambda.) from .lambda.=320 to 400 nm are summed to calculate a transmitted UV-A intensity; then, from the ratio UV-A/EUI, a theoretical value .alpha..sub.TH is calculated for the base .alpha. of a photoaugmentative effectiveness .alpha..sup.UVA, and using EUI.times..alpha..sub.TH.sup.UVA, an ultimate theoretical value EUI.sub.UL of EUI is calculated. When EUI.sub.UL is larger than 75, the SPF value is calculated from 1350/EUI.sub.UL ; otherwise, the SPF value is calculated using an empirical equation.

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