Sunscreen application technique in photosensitive patients: A quantitative assessment of the effect of education

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 53-56

  Azurdia, Richard M ^a   Pagliaro, J A ^a   Rhodes, L E ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Photosensitivity; Sun protection factor; Sunscreen

Indexed keywords

AMINOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SUNSCREEN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROGENA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0034060698     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2000.d01-3.x     Document Type: Article

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