Skin pigmentation kinetics after UVB exposure

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-228

  Ravnbak, Mette H ^a,b   Philipsen, Peter A ^a   Wiegell, Stine R ^a   Wulf, Hans Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fading; Pigmentation; Ultraviolet radiation; UVB

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK; SCANDINAVIA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PAKISTAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; SCANDINAVIA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 44349130503     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0431     Document Type: Article

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