Constitutive and relative facultative skin pigmentation among Victorian children including comparison of two visual skin charts for determining constitutive melanin density

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 714-723

  Pezic, Angela ^a   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a,b   Cameron, Fergus J ^a   Rodda, Christine ^a,c,d   Ellis, Justine A ^a   Halliday, Jane ^a   Siero, William ^a   Lucas, Robyn M ^e   Dwyer, Terence ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAUCASIAN; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHENOTYPE; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84876798877     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12043     Document Type: Article

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