The impact of skin colour on human photobiological responses

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 607-618

  Fajuyigbe, Damilola ^a   Young, Antony R ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

melanin; photobiology; skin colour; skin type; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHROMATOPHORE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; PHOTOAGING; PHOTOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SUNBURN; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84994589650     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12511     Document Type: Review

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