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The principal role of skin is to act as a barrier against evaporative water loss and against the entry of harmful foreign agents.

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Garvie-Cook, H. (2016). Background. In: Novel (Trans)dermal Drug Delivery Strategies. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28901-4_2

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