Objective determination of Fitzpatrick skin type

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Ravnbak, Mette Henriksen ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION RESPONSE; SUNBURN;

ADULT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449263572     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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