Reliability of skin-type self-assessment: Agreement of adolescents' repeated Fitzpatrick skin phototype classification ratings during a cohort study

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1396-1399

  Magin, P ^a   Pond, D ^a   Smith, W ^a   Goode, S ^a   Paterson, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN CARE; SKIN COLOR; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84867581312     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04298.x     Document Type: Article

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