Water content and thickness of the stratum corneum contribute to skin surface morphology

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 292, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 412-417

  Sato, Junko ^a   Yanai, Motohiro ^a   Hirao, Tetsuji ^a   Denda, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dry skin; Environment; Humidity; Replica; Roughness

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; SILICONE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMIDITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0033854291     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030000143     Document Type: Article

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