Association between sun-exposure, smoking behaviour and plasma antioxidant levels with the different manifestation of skin ageing signs between Japanese and German women-A pilot study

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-140

  Perner, Dany ^a   Vierkötter, Andrea ^a   Sugiri, Dorothee ^a   Matsui, Mary ^b   Ranft, Ulrich ^a   Esser, Charlotte ^a   Ethève, Stephane ^c   Goralczyk, Regina ^c   Kaneko, Natsumi ^d   Yamamoto, Ai ^d   Morita, Akimichi ^d   Krutmann, Jean ^a   Krämer, Ursula ^a  

^a IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Estee Lauder Inc   (United States)

^c DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Plasma antioxidants; Regional skin ageing difference; Smoking; Sun exposure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENE; LYCOPENE; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPANESE; LENTIGINOSIS; LETTER; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SMOKING HABIT; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VEGETABLE; WRINKLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN AGING; SMOKING;

EID: 79954588599     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2011.02.010     Document Type: Letter

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