Seasonal variation of skin pigmentation

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-221

  Lock Andersen, Jørgen ^a,b   Wulf, Hans Christian ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

minimal erythema dose; skin pigment; skin reflectance; UV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; THORAX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030910410     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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