Reflectance spectrophotometer: The dermatologists' sphygmomanometer for skin phototyping?

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1633-1640

  Pershing, Lynn K ^a   Tirumala, Vidyanath P ^a   Nelson, Joel L ^a   Corlett, Judy L ^a   Lin, Anne G ^a   Meyer, Laurence J ^a,b   Leachman, Sancy A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNBURN;

EID: 45349104323     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5701238     Document Type: Article

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