Effect of ultraviolet adaptation on the ultraviolet absorption spectra of human skin in vivo

Background: The absorption spectrum of human skin provides a basis for the estimation of the possible photobiological impact of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The optical properties of human skin in the UV spectral range have so far mainly been measured ex vivo due to a lack of an appropriate in vivo technique and the change of optical properties during the course of adaptation to higher UV doses has hardly been addressed.

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