The volar skin of primates: its frictional characteristics and their functional significance.

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• Publication year

  1979

• Venue

  American Journal of Physical Anthropology

• Publication date

  1979-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Mathematics, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/AJPA.1330500402PMID 111555
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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