Plasma levels of opioid peptides after sunbed exposures

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1207-1211

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Bader, A ^a   Vojvodic, M ^a   Avermaete, A ^a   Schenk, M ^b   Altmeyer, P ^a   Hoffmann, K ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

endorphin immunoreactive material; Met enkephalin; Neuropeptides; Proopiomelanocortin; Ultraviolet A irradiation

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; METENKEPHALIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; BLOOD; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BETA-ENDORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036886288     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04859.x     Document Type: Article

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