Effects of repeated sunbed exposures on the human skin. In vivo measurements with confocal microscopy

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-32

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a,b   Sauermann, K ^a   Altintas, M A ^a   Paech, V ^a   Kreuter, A ^a   Altmeyer, P ^a   Hoffmann, K ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Hyperplasia; Photoprotection; Sun protection; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; COLORIMETRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOACCLIMATIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATUM CORNEUM; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEAUTY CULTURE; CELL SIZE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 1042292635     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2004.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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