Melanin from epidermal human melanocytes: Study by pyrolytic GC/MS
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1044-0305,1879-1123
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.11.003