Comparison of skin reflectances between Bolivian lowlanders and highlanders of European ancestry

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 889-900

  Greksa, Lawrence P ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Reflectometry; Skin color

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032191044     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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