Accuracy of self-report in assessing Fitzpatrick skin phototypes I through VI

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1289-1294

  Eilers, Steven ^a   Bach, Daniel Q ^a   Gaber, Rikki ^a   Blatt, Hanz ^a   Guevara, Yanina ^a   Nitsche, Katie ^a   Kundu, Roopal V ^a   Robinson, June K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DERMATOLOGIST; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FITZPATRICK SKIN PHOTOTYPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PRURITUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888606587     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.6101     Document Type: Article

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