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Research Article

Preliminary evaluation of military, commercial and novel skin decontamination products against a chemical warfare agent simulant (methyl salicylate)

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Pages 137-144 | Received 20 Feb 2015, Accepted 04 Jul 2015, Published online: 13 Aug 2015

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