Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Biology of the pigment cell
- 2 The biochemical and hormonal control of pigmentation
- 3 Ultraviolet radiation and the pigmentary system
- 4 Functions of melanin
- 5 Non-cutaneous melanin: distribution, nature and relationship to skin melanin
- 6 The properties and possible functions of non-cutaneous melanin
- 7 Measurement of skin colour
- 8 Disorders of hyperpigmentation
- 9 Disorders of hypopigmentation
- 10 Skin colour and society: the social–biological interface
- 11 The evolution of skin colour
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Biology of the pigment cell
- 2 The biochemical and hormonal control of pigmentation
- 3 Ultraviolet radiation and the pigmentary system
- 4 Functions of melanin
- 5 Non-cutaneous melanin: distribution, nature and relationship to skin melanin
- 6 The properties and possible functions of non-cutaneous melanin
- 7 Measurement of skin colour
- 8 Disorders of hyperpigmentation
- 9 Disorders of hypopigmentation
- 10 Skin colour and society: the social–biological interface
- 11 The evolution of skin colour
- References
- Index
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- Biological Perspectives on Human Pigmentation , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991