Interdependence of eye and hair colour, skin type and skin pigmentation in a Caucasian population

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 214-219

  Lock Andersen, Jørgen ^a,c   Wulf, Hans Christian ^a   Knudstorp, Niels Ditlev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Risk factor; Skin reflectance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DENMARK; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENMARK; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0031900031     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598441567     Document Type: Article

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