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Review
. 2016 Feb;67(2):99-102.
doi: 10.1007/s00105-015-3750-6.

[Environmentally induced (extrinsic) skin aging]

[Article in German]
J Krutmann  1 , T Schikowski  2 , A Hüls  2 , A Vierkötter  2 , S Grether-Beck  2
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[Environmentally induced (extrinsic) skin aging]

[Article in German]
J Krutmann et al. Hautarzt. 2016 Feb.

Abstract

Chronic exposure to ultraviolet light, particularly as a component of natural sunlight, is a major cause of environmentally induced aging of the skin. In addition, other environmental factors for premature skin aging include longer wavelength radiation in the visible light region and in particular in the shortwave infrared radiation region. Furthermore, particulate and gaseous components of air pollution significantly contribute to the aging process.

Keywords: Air pollution; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Infrared radiation; Lentigines; Matrix metalloproteinases.

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