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The human epidermis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Karin U. Schallreuter
Affiliation:
Department of Dermatology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
John M. Wood
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1 DP
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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