Comparison of the structural and physical properties of human hair eumelanin following enzymatic or acid/base extraction.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Pigment Cell Research

• Publication date

  2003-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1034/J.1600-0749.2003.00059.XPMID 12859619
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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