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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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BioMed Central
2008
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| 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 |