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The influence of sex, handedness, and washing on the diversity of hand surface bacteria.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 Nov 2008

Fierer Noah, Hamady Micah, Lauber Christian L, Knight Rob

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Bacteria thrive on and within the human body. One of the largest human-associated microbial habitats is the skin surface, which harbors large numbers of bacteria that can have important effects on health. We examined the palmar surfaces of the dominant and nondominant hands of 51 healthy young ad...

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PMID: 19004758
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807920105
PMCID: PMC2584711

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