Relationship between transepidermal water loss and temperature of the measuring probe

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-80

  Thoma, S ^a   Welzel, J ^a   Wilhelm, K P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b proDERM Institute for Applied Dermatological Research   (Germany)

^c proDERM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Measuring probe; Temperature; Tewameter; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN WATER LOSS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030949425     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1997.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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