Study of the interaction of Kathon(R) CG-Germall(R) II in hydrophilic creams

J Favet1, W Griffiths, G Holzner

  • 1Laboratoire de Microbiologie Generate, Departement de Biologic Vegetale, Universite de Geneve, 3 Place de I'Université, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.

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