Skin autofluorescence as a biological UVR dosimeter

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Sandby Møller, Jane ^a   Thieden, E ^a   Philipsen, P A ^a   Heydenreich, J ^a   Wulf, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collagen linked; Fluorescence; In vivo; Photoaging; UVR exposure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BUTTOCK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREHEAD; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER; SKIN; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKING; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SKIN AGING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 1042292639     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2004.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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