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Solar ultraviolet radiation in South Africa: clinical consequences for the skin

Caradee Y WrightModelling and Environmental Health Research Group, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment, Pretoria, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lester M DavidsDepartment of Human Biology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Cape Town, South Africa
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Beverley SummersDepartment of Pharmacy/Photobiology Laboratory, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa
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Mary NorvalBiomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, UK
Pages 693-706 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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