Misclassification due to body hair and seasonal variation on melanin density estimates for skin type using spectrophotometry

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-52

  Van Der Mei, Ingrid A F ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^a   Stankovich, Jim ^a   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^b   Dwyer, Terence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body hair; Melanin; Misclassification; Seasonal variation; Skin type; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BUTTOCK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUMMER; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0036695169     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(02)00331-7     Document Type: Article

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