The vital role of the skin in human natural history

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 821-824

  Cohn, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; MELANIN; VITAMIN D;

HAIR COLOR; HAIR LOSS; HISTORY; HUMAN; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN COLOR; SURVIVAL; SWEAT GLAND; THERMOREGULATION;

HAIR; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SWEAT GLANDS;

EID: 0031759237     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00575.x     Document Type: Review

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