Threshold level for measurement of UV sensitivity: Reproducibility of phototest

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 154-161

  Lock Andersen, J ^a,b   Wulf, H C ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Minimal erythema dose; Observer variation; Photobiology; Phototest; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030471068     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1996.tb00192.x     Document Type: Article

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