Conformability and irritancy of adhesive tapes on the skin

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 173-178

  Tokumura, F ^a,b   Ohyama, K ^a   Fujisawa, H ^a   Matsuda, T ^a   Kitazaki, Y ^a  

^a Medical Institute Department   (Japan)

^b Medical Institute Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conformability to skin movement; Elastic adhesive tape; Patch testing technique; Skin distortion; Skin irritation

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SURFACE; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER;

ADHESIVENESS; ADULT; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0030669501     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00191.x     Document Type: Article

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