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Volume 7, Number 2—April 2001
THEME ISSUE
4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections
Prevention is Primary

Antiseptic Technology: Access, Affordability, and Acceptance

John M. BoyceComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Figure 2

Electrical capacitance of dorsal hand skin surface (5).

Figure 2. Electrical capacitance of dorsal hand skin surface (5).

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