Solar ultraviolet protection provided by human head hair

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 250-254

  Parisi, Alfio V ^a   Smith, Don ^a   Schouten, Peter ^a   Turnbull, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAIR; HEAD; HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HAIR; HEAD; HUMANS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 58349122782     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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