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Experimental Dermatitis

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Several methods involving skin reactions are discussed in other chapters, such as

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Maibach, H. (2016). Experimental Dermatitis. In: Hock, F. (eds) Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05392-9_95

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