Skin Type, but Neither Race nor Gender, Influence Epidermal Permeability Barrier Function

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1134-1138

  Reed, Jeffrey T ^a,b   Ghadially, Ruby ^a,b   Elias, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN PROTECTION; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERMEABILITY; RACIAL STOCKS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0029154793     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1995.01690220040008     Document Type: Article

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