Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Skin colour"

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In multiple situational light settings, visual observation for skin colour assessment is comparable with colorimeter measurement

Wright, C.Y.; Du Plessis, J.L.; Wilkes, M.; Reeder, A.I.; Albers, P.N. (Wiley, 2016)

Background Finding inexpensive and reliable techniques for assessing skin colour is important, given that it is related to several adverse human health outcomes. Visual observation is considered a subjective approach ...
Subjective and objective skin colour of a farmworker group in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Linde, Karlien; Du Plessis, Johannes Lodewykus; Wright, Caradee Yael (Wiley, 2020)

Background Farmworkers in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, are at risk of excessive exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (sUVR) due to both their work and the sUVR environment in the geographic area. However, the ...