The impact of epidermal melanin on objective measurements of human skin colour

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-126

  Alaluf, Simon ^a,b   Atkins, Derek ^a   Barrett, Karen ^a   Blount, Margaret ^a   Carter, Nik ^a   Heath, Alan ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Unipath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromameter; Dye; Melanosome; Pigmentation; Tristimulus

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EPIDERMIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGHT; MELANOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EPIDERMIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036094840     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.1o072.x     Document Type: Article

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