Do different ethnic groups need different sun protection?

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-329

  Antoniou, Christina ^a   Lademann, Juergen ^b   Schanzer, Sabine ^b   Richter, Heike ^b   Sterry, Wolfram ^b   Zastrow, Leonhard ^c   Koch, Stefan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Athos Palace 2 ^*  (Germany)

^d HELIOS Klinikum Bad Saarow   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption; Melanin; Skin; Sunradiation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMAN SKIN; LIVING TISSUES; MELANIN; SKIN SAMPLES; SKIN SURFACES; SPECTRAL REGION; SUN PROTECTION; SUNRADIATION; TYPE-CATEGORY; ULTRAVIOLET B; UV FILTER; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

ABSORPTION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SUN HOODS;

SKIN;

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURFACE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION PROTECTION; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67650699226     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2009.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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