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Aurantiasis

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Adverse Effects of Foods

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The skin color is determined by the qualities and quantities of melanin, melanoid, carotenoid, blood circulation and hemoglobin, as well as the thickness and transparency of the stratum corneum.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical College, Tokyo, Japan

    Teruo Honda

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  1. Population, Family and International Health Division, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

    E. F. Patrice Jelliffe  & Derrick B. Jelliffe  & 

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Honda, T. (1982). Aurantiasis. In: Jelliffe, E.F.P., Jelliffe, D.B. (eds) Adverse Effects of Foods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3359-3_33

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