Lack of adequate sun protection for children with oculocutaneous albinism in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Childhood is a high risk time for ultraviolet induced skin damage as this age group has more time and opportunity to be outdoors in the sun. Children in Africa with the inherited condition oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) are especially vulnerable due to their lack of protective melanin. Th...

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Autores principales: Lund, Patricia M, Taylor, Julie S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2447834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18590551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-225

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2447834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18590551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-225

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