Proper statistical analysis of transepidermal water loss (TEWL) measurements in bioengineering studies

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 64-67

  Kuss, Oliver ^a   Diepgen, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Bioengineering techniques; Irritant contact dermatitis; Metalworking fluids; Multiple comparison; Power; Repeated measurements; Sample size; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; HUMAN; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY WATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PERMEABILITY; SKIN; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0031713582     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05834.x     Document Type: Article

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