Spacial variability of basal skin chromametry on the ventral forearm of healthy volunteers

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 288, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 774-777

  Ale, S Iris ^a   Laugier, Jean Philippe K ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal levels; Chromametry; Forearm; Skin color; Skin site

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN TEST; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORIMETRY; FOREARM; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TESTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0029966189     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050140     Document Type: Article

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