The effects of skin colour distribution and topography cues on the perception of female facial age and health

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 493-498

  Fink, Bernhard ^a   Matts, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PandG Beauty   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Face; Health; Humans; Skin colour; Wrinkles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DIGITAL IMAGING; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SURFACE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CUES; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN AGING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 41149152389     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02512.x     Document Type: Article

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