The excited states of melatonin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 538-542

  King, Mary ^a   Scaiano, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030887916     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb08601.x     Document Type: Article

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