Sexual dimorphism in skin, eye and hair color and the presence of freckles in Chilean teenagers from two socioeconomic strata;Dimorfismo sexual en la pigmentación de la piel, color de ojos y pelo y presencia de pecas en adolescentes chilenos en dos estratos socioeconómicos

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 879-884

  Zemelman, Viviana ^a,c,d   Von Beck, Petra ^a   Alvarado, Orlando ^a   Valenzuela, Carlos Y ^b  

^a Programa Genética Humana   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Laboratorio de Tuberculosis INT   (Chile)

^d NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Genetic markers; Melanosis; Pigmentation; Sex differentiation; Social conditions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILE; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIAL CLASS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILE; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036688644     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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