Site, gender and age variation in normal skin colour on the back and the forearm: Tristimulus colorimeter measurements

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-52

  Fullerton, A ^a   Serup, J ^a  

^a LEO PHARMA A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age variation; Baseline colour; Colorimetry; Effect of gender; Site variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCAPULA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0030907842     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1997.tb00160.x     Document Type: Article

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