In vitro study of the failure of skin surface after influence of hydration and preconditioning

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 290, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 638-640

  Nicolopoulos, Christos S ^a   Giannoudis, Panagiotis V ^b,d   Glaros, Kostas D ^c   Barbenel, Joe C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Humidity; Mechanical failure; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN SURFACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATUM CORNEUM; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSION; WATER CONTENT;

EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY;

EID: 0031792101     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050365     Document Type: Article

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