Moisturizers as a medical, biological, psychological, cultural, and economic factor

Dry Skin and Moisturizers: Chemistry and Function, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 149-154

  Jemec, Gregor B E ^a  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (Denmark)

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