The effect of 222-nm UVC phototesting on healthy volunteer skin: A pilot study

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 159-166

  Woods, Julie A ^a   Evans, Alan ^a   Forbes, Paul Donald ^b   Coates, Philip J ^a   Gardner, June ^a   Valentine, Ronan M ^a   Ibbotson, Sally H ^a   Ferguson, James ^a   Fricker, Christopher ^c   Moseley, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Toxarus Inc   (United States)

^c GOJO Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

222 nm non ionizing radiation; Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers; Human skin; Phototesting; UVC; Volunteer study

Indexed keywords

PYRIMIDINE DIMER;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FIELD EMISSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HAND WASHING; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; ERYTHEMA; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84928211272     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phpp.12156     Document Type: Article

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