Wavelength-dependent Photoacoustic Calorimetry Study of Melanin

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 296-298

  Forest, Susan E ^a   Simon, John D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CALORIMETRY; LIGHT; MELANINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032159323     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb09684.x     Document Type: Article

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