Skin color analysis using a spectrophotometer in Asians

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-315

  Yun, In Sik ^a   Lee, Won Jai ^a   Rah, Dong Kyun ^a   Kim, Yong Oock ^a   Park, Be young Yun ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Erythema index; L*a*b* color coordinates; Melanin index; Spectrophotometer

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BODY PARTS; COLOR COORDINATES; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ERYTHEMA INDEX; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISEASE; WEAK CORRELATION;

COLOR;

MELANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHEEK; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ERYTHEMA INDEX; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HAND; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MELANIN INDEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THORAX; AGE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLORIMETRY; DEVICES; ERYTHEMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955127166     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2010.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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