Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 551-552 , November 2006

Cosmetics preservation: sense and nonsense

  • Howard Epstein, MS

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PII: S0738-081X(06)00110-6

doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2006.07.017

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 551-552 , November 2006