Minimal heating dose: A novel biological unit to measure infrared irradiation

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 148-152

  Lee, Hyoun Seung ^a   Lee, Dong Hun ^a   Cho, Soyun ^a   Chung, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Infrared rays; Minimal heating dose; Skin temperature; Thermal aging

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; KOREA; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33744461093     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2006.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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