Long-lasting pigmentation more than its intensity is a reliable indicator of skin sun resistance

Dermatology

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Procaccini, Enrico M ^a   Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   Panzella, Lucia ^a   Prizio, Emilia ^a   Monfrecola, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Minimal erythema dose; Phototest; Phototype; Pyrrole 2,3,5 tricarboxylic acid, melanin marker; Tanning response; UV susceptibility

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 34548513736     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106572     Document Type: Article

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