Changes in diapered and nondiapered infant skin over the first month of life

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-51

  Visscher, Marty O ^a   Chatterjee, Ranjit ^b   Munson, Karen A ^a   Pickens, William L ^b   Hoath, Steven B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Skin Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIAPER DERMATITIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 0034034288     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2000.01711.x     Document Type: Article

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