Immediate pigment darkening thresholds of human skin to monochromatic (362 nm) ultraviolet A radiation are fluence rate dependent

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 175-178

  Kollias, N ^a   Bykowski, Julie L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluence rate; Immediate pigment darkening; Skin type; Sunscreen; UVA radiation

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0032872411     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1999.tb00080.x     Document Type: Article

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