The long way towards the ideal sunscreen - Where we stand and what still needs to be done

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 470-481

  Osterwalder, Uli ^a   Herzog, Bernd ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

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EID: 77951116137     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b9pp00178f     Document Type: Review

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