Minimal erythema dose after multiple UV exposures depends on pre-exposure skin pigmentation

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 163-169

  Henriksen, Mette ^a   Na, R ^a   Agren M S ^a   Wulf, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Erythema; Phototherapy; Pigmentation; UVA; UVB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACK; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATOR; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 4043155660     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2004.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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