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Self-reported pigmentary phenotypes and race are significant but incomplete predictors of Fitzpatrick skin phototype in an ethnically diverse population.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Oct 2014
He Steven Y, McCulloch Charles E, Boscardin W John, Chren Mary-Margaret, Linos Eleni, Arron Sarah T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fitzpatrick skin phototype (FSPT) is the most common method used to assess sunburn risk and is an independent predictor of skin cancer risk. Because of a conventional assumption that FSPT is predictable based on pigmentary phenotypes, physicians frequently estimate FSPT based on patient appearance. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the degree to which self-reported race and pigmentary phenotypes are...
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