Topographic measurement of skin color by narrow-band reflectance spectrophotometer and minimal erythema dose (MED) in Koreans

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-17

  Park, Byung Soon ^a   Youn, Jai Il ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anatomical site; Koreans; Minimal erythema dose; Skin color; Spectrophotometer

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN COLOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031930419     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1998.tb00079.x     Document Type: Article

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