Validity and reliability of the munsell soil color charts for assessing human skin color

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2041-2047

  Reeder, Anthony I ^a   Iosua, Ella ^a   Gray, Andrew R ^a   Hammond, Vanessa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTHERN DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DERMATOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUNSELL SOIL COLOR CHART; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUN EXPOSURE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WHITE LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOIL; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

SOIL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907494128     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: 15387755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0269     Document Type: Article

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