Hair-saving unhairing process: Part 1. Epidermis and the characteristics of bovine hair

Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-5

  Cantera, C S ^a,b,c,d  

^a Leather Research Centre (CITEC)   (Argentina)

^b Scientific Research Commission of the Province of Buenos Aires Argentine ^*  (Argentina)

^c Technologist Career of the National Institute of Technology ^*  (Argentina)

^d Technologist Career of the National Institute of Technology (INTI)   (Argentina)

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