Sunscreens and occupation: The Austrian experience

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 510-515

  Maier, Harald ^a   Schmalwieser, Alois W ^b  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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EID: 77951095377     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b9pp00147f     Document Type: Review

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