A study of differences in surface roughness between sun-exposed and unexposed skin with age

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 169-174

  Edwards, Chris ^a,b   Heggie, R ^b   Marks, R ^b  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Photodamage; Skin roughness; Stylus profilometry; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTODERMATOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN SURFACE; SUN EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN AGING; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0042925514     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2003.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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