Healthy Volunteers — Cutaneous DNA Damage Caused by UV-A Irradiation
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Damage to DNA Caused by UV-A Irradiation: Photochemical Mechanism and Cutaneous Parameters Involved in the Formation of Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers
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