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. 1955 Feb 28;127(2):236–246. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1955.sp005252

Relative efficiency of pigment and horny layer thickness in protecting the skin of Europeans and Africans against solar ultraviolet radiation*

M L Thomson
PMCID: PMC1365770  PMID: 14354667

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