Dermal echogenicity: A biological indicator of individual cumulative UVR exposure?

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 295, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 498-504

  Sandby Møller, Jane ^a   Thieden, Elisabeth ^a   Philipsen, Peter Alshede ^a   Schmidt, Grethe ^b   Wulf, Hans Christian ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Skin; Ultrasonography; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SKIN; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 2142825755     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-004-0454-7     Document Type: Article

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