Assessment of skin types, skin colours and cutaneous responses to ultraviolet radiation in an Asian population

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 169-172

  Wee, L K S ^a   Chong, T K ^a   Koh Soo Quee, D ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; Minimal erythema dose; Skin colours; Skin types

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN COLOR; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031422747     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1997.tb00223.x     Document Type: Article

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