Comparing quantitative measures of erythema, pigmentation and skin response using reflectometry

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 379-384

  Wagner, Jennifer K ^a   Jovel, Celina ^a   Norton, Heather L ^a   Parra, Esteban J ^a,b   Shriver, Mark D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erythemal dose response; Melanogenic dose response; Reflectance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION; REACTION TIME; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036783684     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.02042.x     Document Type: Article

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