Topical vitamin C in aging

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-234

  Colven, Roy M ^a   Pinnell, Sheldon R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ASCORBYL PALMITATE; BETA CAROTENE; METHOXSALEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SCURVY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SWINE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029924448     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-081X(95)00158-C     Document Type: Article

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