What's the use of generating melanin?

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-164

  Wood, John M ^a   Jimbow, K ^b   Boissy, R E ^b   Slominski, A ^b   Plonka, P M ^b   Slawinski, J ^b   Wortsman, J ^b   Tosk, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CATECHOLAMINE; MELANIN; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

DEHYDRATION; EPIDERMIS; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN PROTECTION; SODIUM BALANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0032902913     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1999.tb00365.x     Document Type: Review

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