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Women Found to Have a Greater Variety of Bacteria on Hands

Posted: November 5, 2008

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While the tests could determine how many different types of bacteria were present, they also could not count the total amount of bacteria on each hand.

The research was funded primarily by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

Associated Press, November 3, 2008