Epidermal thickness, skin pigmentation and constitutive photosensitivity

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Lock Andersen, J ^a   Therkildsen, P ^b   De Fine Olivarius, F ^a   Gniadecka, M ^a   Dahlstrom K ^a   Poulsen, T ^b   Wulf, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Klinisk Mikrobiologisk Afdeling   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Erythema; Minimal erythema dose; Photoprotection; Skin pigmentation; Skin thickness; Ultraviolet radiation, skin reflectance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031466574     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1997.tb00220.x     Document Type: Article

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