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. 1959 Sep;73(1):144–149. doi: 10.1042/bj0730144

Studies of sebum. 9. Further studies of the composition of the unsaponifiable matter of human-forearm `sebum'*

Barbara Boughton 1,, V R Wheatley 1,
PMCID: PMC1197025  PMID: 13803221

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