Caliper-measured skin thickness is similar in white and black women

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 76-79

  Whitmore, S Elizabeth ^a,b   Sago, N Joan Glavan ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University ^*  (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0033927207     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(00)90012-4     Document Type: Article

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