Studies on constituents of moisturizers: Water-binding properties of urea and NaCl in aqueous solutions

Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 344-351

  Miettinen, Heije ^b   Johansson, Gunnar ^b   Gobom, Sylvia ^b   Swanbeck, Gunnar ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Moisturizers; Urea

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; WATER VAPOR;

DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PRESSURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; UREA; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 0032700353     PISSN: 14222868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029896     Document Type: Article

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