Geographic distribution of environmental factors influencing human skin coloration

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 292-302

  Chaplin, George ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; GIS; Integument; Photobiology; Pigmentation; Race; Reflectometry; Spectrometry; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTEGUMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFLECTOMETRY; RESEARCH; SKIN COLOR; SPECTROMETRY; SUNLIGHT; TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 5444271372     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10263     Document Type: Article

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