The Normal Color of Human Skin

The Pigmentary System: Physiology and Pathophysiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 504-520

  Nordlund, James J ^a   Ortonne, Jean Paul ^b  

^a Group Health Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Caucasoid; Integument; Iridescence; Melanoma; Negroid epidermis

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249156623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987100.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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