The effect of age on skin color and color heterogeneity in four ethnic groups

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-178

  de Rigal, Jean ^a   Des Mazis, Isabelle ^a   Diridollou, Stephane ^b   Querleux, Bernard ^a   Yang, Grace ^b   Leroy, Frederce ^a   Barbosa, Vietoria Holloway ^b  

^a L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

^b Institute for Ethnic Hair and Skin Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Color; Ethnic difference; Skin color Chart

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; AGE-RELATED CHANGES; CAUCASIANS; COMPARATIVE DATA; COSMETIC PRODUCTS; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNIC POPULATIONS; FACIAL AREA; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; SKIN COLOR;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

COLOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHEEK; CHINESE; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHEEK; COSMETICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN AGING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954443868     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2009.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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