Clinical evidence for the use of urea

Dry Skin and Moisturizers: Chemistry and Function, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 211-225

  Lodén, Marie ^a  

^a ACO Hud AB Research and Development   (Sweden)

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