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Constitutive and relative facultative skin pigmentation among Victorian children including comparison of two visual skin charts for determining constitutive melanin density.
Photochemistry and photobiology - 1 Jan 2000
Pezic Angela, Ponsonby Anne-Louise, Cameron Fergus J, Rodda Christine, Ellis Justine A, Halliday Jane, Siero William, Lucas Robyn M, Dwyer Terence
Abstract excerpt
Our aim was to examine the association between ethnicity, phenotype, sun behavior and other characteristics, and constitutive and relative facultative skin pigmentation. A total of 191 participants were recruited, with a mean age of 7.6 years (SD 3.4), during 2009-2011 from Maternal and Child Health Centres (MCHC) and schools in Melbourne, Australia. Parental questionnaire data were obtained on sun behavior and...
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