Parabens: Myth or fact?;Parabenos: ¿Mito o realidad?

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Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 231-240

  Díaz Ley, Blanca ^a   Heras Mendaza, Felipe ^a   Conde Salazar Gómez, Luis ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

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EID: 34547859119     PISSN: 02139251     EISSN: 15788830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-9251(06)72476-5     Document Type: Review

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