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The difference between the constitutive and facultative skin color does not reflect skin phototype in Asian skin.
Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) - 1 Feb 2006
Choe Y B, Jang S J, Jo S J, Ahn K J, Youn J I
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: The assessment of the sensitivity of human skin to ultraviolet (UV) radiation is important in the area of phototherapy, photodermatoses, photo-aging, photo-carcinogenesis, and photo-protection. Some reports have shown that quantitatively measured skin color is a good indicator for predicting UV sensitivity to human skin in Caucasians. In this study, our aim was to define the correlation...
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