Salt water bathing prior to UVB irradiation leads to a decrease of the minimal erythema dose and an increased erythema index without affecting skin pigmentation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Schempp, Christoph M ^a,b   Müller, Knut ^a   Schulte Mönting, Jürgen ^a   Schöpf, Erwin ^a   Simon, Jan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BATH; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATHS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SEAWATER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 0033088276     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb03296.x     Document Type: Article

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