Melanin content and distribution in the surface corneocyte with skin phototypes

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-267

  Lu, H ^b   Edwards, C ^a   Gaskell, S ^a   Pearse, A ^a   Marks, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b GUIZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0029987594     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb01157.x     Document Type: Article

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