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The Impact of Epidermal Melanin on Objective Measurements of Human Skin Colour

5 Mar 2002

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Objective measurements of human skin colour were made with a tristimulus (L*a*b*) chromameter in a range of different ethnic skin types. These were compared with biochemical measurements of melanin content, melanin composition and melanosome size in skin biopsies obtained from the same sites. L*, a* and b* values were found to vary significantly with ethnicity. In general, constitutively dark skin types have...

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PMID: 11936269
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.1o072.x

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