Evidence for an 'anti-ageing' product may not be so clear as it appears

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1207-1208

  Bland, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti ageing; Bonferroni correction; CONSORT statement

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRINKLE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; COSMETICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SKIN AGING; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 71949083952     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09433.x     Document Type: Letter

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