Human skin pigmentation, migration and disease susceptibility

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1590, 2012, Pages 785-792

  Jablonski, Nina G ^a   Chaplin, George ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous malignant melanoma; Melanin; Multiple sclerosis; Rickets; UVB; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

DIET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; MELANIN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SKIN; TROPICAL REGION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBANIZATION; VITAMIN;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84856657305     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0308     Document Type: Article

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