Wound scabs protect regenerating tissue against harmful ultraviolet radiation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-41

  van der Pol, E ^a   Mudde, Y D ^a   Coumans, F A W ^a   van Leeuwen, T G ^a   Sturk, A ^a   Nieuwland, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE TRANSMITTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOUND; WOUND SCAB; WOUND TISSUE; ASTRONOMY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REGENERATION; RISK; SCAR; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WOUND HEALING;

CICATRIX; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; REGENERATION; RISK; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84988941757     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2016.09.011     Document Type: Article

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