Seasonal variability in the biophysical properties of stratum corneum from different anatomical sites

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 70-76

  Black, D ^a   Del Pozo, A ^b   Lagarde, J M ^a   Gall, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anatomical site; Biophysical properties; Season; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL COUNT; CLIMATE; FACE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; KERATINOCYTE; LOWER LEG; NORMAL HUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEBUM; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0034013475     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0846.2000.006002070.x     Document Type: Article

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