Homogeneous transport in a heterogeneous membrane: Water diffusion across human stratum corneum in vivo

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2692-2700

  Kalia, Yogeshvar N ^a,b   Pirot, Fabrice ^a   Guy, Richard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Campus Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029981132     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79460-2     Document Type: Article

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