Minimal erythema dose in UV-shielded and UV-exposed skin predicted by skin reflectance measured pigmentation

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-95

  Lock Andersen, Jørgen ^a,c   De Fine Olivarius, Frederik ^a   Hædersdal, Merete ^a   Poulsen, Thomas ^b   Wulf, Hans Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Klinisk Mikrobiologisk Afdeling   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Minimal erythema dose; Phototest; Skin reflectance; Skin thickness; UV sensitivity

Indexed keywords

XENON;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; BUTTOCK; CAUCASIAN; DOSIMETRY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; REFLECTOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STRATUM CORNEUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0033066469     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1999.tb00121.x     Document Type: Article

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