Effects of some emollients on the transmission of ultraviolet

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-140

  Fetil, Emel ^a   Akarsu, Sevgi ^a   Ilknur, Turna ^a   Kuşku, Ergün ^a   Güneş, Ali Tahsin ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basis cream; Glycerine; Olive oil; Petrolatum; Phototherapy; UVB

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT; GLYCEROL; OLIVE OIL; PETROLATUM; SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIZATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VOLUNTEER;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMOLLIENTS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN TESTS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 33744488040     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2006.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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