Photometric assessment of skin colour and lightness using a tristimulus colorimeter: Reliability of inter and intra-investigator observations in healthy adult volunteers

Forensic Science International

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Trujillo, Orlando ^a   Vanezis, Peter ^a   Cermignani, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing bruising; Colorimeter; Photometric assessment; Skin colour

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN COLOR;

EID: 0030608052     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(96)01939-1     Document Type: Article

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