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The topography, climate and chemical nature of the mammalian skin surface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

D. McEwan Jenkinson
D. McEwan Jenkinson
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Department of Physiology, The Hannah Research Institute, Ayr
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Comparative evidence on the topography, climate and chemical nature of the mammalian skin surface ecosystem is reviewed. Potential and established surface defence systems have been identified and their significance and interactions discussed in an attempt to provide a basis for further multidisciplinary study of the protective role of the skin surface, a function which is more extensive than hitherto recognised.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 79 , Issue 1-3: Surface ecosystems and the interactions within them which overcome skin defence mechanisms , 1980 , pp. 3 - 22
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1980

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