Gender differences in skin

Textbook of Aging Skin

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 999-1017

  Fitzmaurice, Sarah ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79955756516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89656-2_93     Document Type: Chapter

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