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The mathematics of tanning

BACKGROUND: The pigment melanin is produced by specialized cells, called melanocytes. In healthy skin, melanocytes are sparsely spread among the other cell types in the basal layer of the epidermis. Sun tanning results from an UV-induced increase in the release of melanin to neighbouring keratinocyt...

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Autores principales: Thingnes, Josef, Øyehaug, Leiv, Hovig, Eivind, Omholt, Stig W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2714304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19505344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-0509-3-60