Assessing the role of race in quantitative measures of skin pigmentation and clinical assessments of photosensitivity

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 609-615

  Chan, Joanna L ^a   Ehrlich, Alison ^b   Lawrence, Reva C ^c   Moshell, Alan N ^c   Turner, Maria L ^d   Kimball, Alexa Boer ^a,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Dermatology Clinical Studies Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EID: 17844370231     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.03.051     Document Type: Article

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