A reflectance instrument was used to measure objectively the erythemal response of human skin to ultraviolet radiation. Dose-response curves have been constructed for four radiation wavelengths. In each case, the measured increase in erythema was found to be linearly related to the logarithm of the dose of ultraviolet radiation. Significantly different slopes of response were obtained for radiation of 254 and 280 nm compared with 300 and 313 nm radiation. The relevance of these findings is discussed with relation to the mechanism of erythema production and the erythema action spectrum.

REFERENCES

Armitage, P. (1971) Statistical Methods in Medical Research, pp. 269–301. Blackwell, Oxford .
Google Scholar
Berger, D., Urbach, F. & Davies, R.E. (1968) The action spectrum of erythema induced by ultraviolet radiation. Preliminary Report. In: XIII Congressus Internationalis Dermatologiae (Ed. by W. Jadassohn and C.G. Schirren), 2, 1112–1117. Springer-Verlag, Berlin . Cie (1935) Compte Rendu, 9, pp. 596–625. Tagung, Berin/Karlsruhe.
Google Scholar
Coblentz, W.W., Stair, R. & Hogue, J.M. (1931) The spectral erythemic reaction of the human skin to ultraviolet radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 17, 401–405.
10.1073/pnas.17.6.401
CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Coblentz, W.W. & Stair, R. (1934) Data on the spectral erythemic reaction of the untanned human skin to ultraviolet radiation. Bureau of Standards Journal of Research, 12, 13–14.
10.6028/jres.012.004
Google Scholar
Cripps, D.J. & Ramsay, C.A. (1970) Ultraviolet action spectrum with a prism-grating monochromator. British Journal of Dermatology, 82, 584–592.
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1970.tb06099.x
PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Diffey, B.L. (1982) The consistency of studies of ultraviolet erythema in normal human skin. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 27, 715–720.
10.1088/0031-9155/27/5/006
PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Diffey, B.L., Farr, P.M. & Ive, F.A. (1984) The establishment and clinical value of dermatological photobiology service in a district general hospital. British Journal of Dermatology, 110, 187–194.
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1984.tb07466.x
PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Diffey, B.L., Oliver, R.J. & Farr, P.M. (1984) A portable instrument for quantifying erythema induced by ultraviolet radiation. British Journal of Dermatology, 111, 663–672.
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1984.tb14149.x
PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Everett, M.A., Olson, R.L. & Sayre, R.M. (1965) Ultraviolet erythema. Archives of Dermatology, 92, 713–719.
10.1001/archderm.92.6.713
CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Farr, P.M. & Diffey, B.L. (1984) Quantitative studies on cutaneous erythema induced by ultraviolet radiation. British Journal of Dermatology, 111, 673–682.
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1984.tb14150.x
PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Freeman, R.G., Owens, D.W., Knox, J.M. & Hudson, H.T. (1966) Relative energy requirements for an erythemal response of skin to monochromatic wavelengths of ulraviolet present in the solar spectrum. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 47, 586–592.
10.1038/jid.1966.189
CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Hausser, K.W. & Vahle, W. (1922) Die Abhängigkeit des Lichterythems und der Pigmentbildung von der Schwingungszahl (Wellenlänge) der erregenden Strahlung. Strahlentherapie, 13, 41–47.
Google Scholar
Hausser, K.W. & Vahle, W. (1927) Sonnenbrand und Sonnenbräunung. Wissenschaftliche Veröffnungen des Siemens Konzern, 6, 101–120.
Google Scholar
La Fara, R.L. (1973) Computer Methods for Science and Engineering. Hayden, New Jersey .
Google Scholar
Luckiesh, M., Holladay, L.L. & Taylor, A.H. (1930) Reactions of untanned skin to ultraviolet radiation. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 20, 423–432.
10.1364/JOSA.20.000423
Web of Science® Google Scholar
Mackenzie, L.A. & Frain-Bell, W. (1973) The construction and development of a grating monochromator and its application to the study of the reacton of the skin to light. British Journal of Dermatology, 89, 251–264.
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1973.tb02972.x
PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Magnus, I.A. (1964) Studies with a monochromator in the common idiopathic photodermatoses. British Journal of Dermatology, 76, 245–264.
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1964.tb14526.x
PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Magnus, I.A. (1976) Dermatological Photobiology, pp. 151–153. Blackwell, Oxford .
Google Scholar
Nakayama, Y., Morikawa, F., Fukuda, M., Hamano, M., Toda, K. & Pathak, M.A. (1974) In: Sunlight and Man (Ed. by T.B. Fitzpatrick), pp. 591–611. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo .
Google Scholar
Olson, R.L., Sayre, R.M. & Everett, M.A. (1966) Effect of anatomic location and time on ultraviolet erythema. Archives of Dermatology, 93, 211–215.
PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Parrish, J.A., Jaenicke, K.F. & Anderson, R.R. (1982) Erythema and melanogenesis action spectra of normal human skin. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 36, 187–191.
10.1111/j.1751-1097.1982.tb04362.x
CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Ramsay, C.A. & Challoner, A.V.J. (1976) Vascular changes in human skin after ultraviolet irradiation. British Journal of Dermatology, 94, 487–493.
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1976.tb05135.x
CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
Sayre, R.M., Olson, R.L. & Everett, M.A. (1966) Quantitative studies on erythema. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 46, 240–244.
10.1038/jid.1966.37
CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
van der Leun, J.C. (1966) Ultraviolet Erythema. PhD Thesis, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands .
Google Scholar

Citing Literature

Volume113, Issue1

July 1985

Pages 65-76

The erythemal response of human skin to ultraviolet radiation

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Citing Literature

References

Information

About Wiley Online Library

Help & Support

Opportunities

Connect with Wiley

The erythemal response of human skin to ultraviolet radiation

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Citing Literature

References

Related

Information