Skin complexion and pigmentary disorders in facial skin of 1204 women in 4 Indian cities

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 395-401

  Hourblin, Virginie ^a   Nouveau, Stéphanie ^a   Roy, Nita ^b   De Lacharriere, Olivier ^a  

^a Clinical Research   (France)

^b L'Oréal Research and Innovation India   (India)

Author keywords

India; pigmentary disorders; skin color

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGIST; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FACE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INDIA; INDIAN; LENTIGO; LIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOSE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PITYRIASIS; PITYRIASIS ALBA; PREVALENCE; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SURFACE; ADOLESCENT; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907551569     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.140290     Document Type: Article

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