Guidelines for transepidermal water loss (TEWL) measurement: A Report from the Standardization Group of the European Society of Contact Dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 164-178

  Pinnagoda, J ^a   Tupkek, R A ^a   Agner, T ^b   Serup, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

evaporimeter; guidelines; reproducibility; standardization; transepidermal water loss; variation

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; WATER LOSS;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0025232720     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1990.tb01553.x     Document Type: Article

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