A computational model for previtamin D3 production in skin

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 731-737

  Meinhardt Wollweber, Merve ^a   Krebs, Ronald ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Krebs SciResolve Scientific Research Solutions   (Germany)

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EID: 84858990793     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2pp05295d     Document Type: Article

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