Plasma β-endorphin levels in frequent and infrequent tanners before and after ultraviolet and non-ultraviolet stimuli

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 919-920

  Kaur, Mandeep ^a   Liguori, Anthony ^b   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; OPIATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RANDOMIZATION; REINFORCEMENT; SKIN; STIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VARIANCE;

ADULT; BETA-ENDORPHIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33646120589     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.01.062     Document Type: Article

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