Facultative skin pigmentation in caucasians: An objective biological indicator of lifetime exposure to ultraviolet radiation?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 826-832

  Lock Andersen, J ^a   Knudstorp, N D ^b   Wulf, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031749190     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02220.x     Document Type: Article

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