Mutagenic and Genotoxic Screening of Eight Commonly used Skin Whitening Creams in Nigeria
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عنوان ژورنال: Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2006-6996,2006-6996
DOI: 10.4314/bajopas.v5i1.2