Biophysical measurements of human forearm skin in vivo: Effects of site, gender, chirality and time

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 64-69

  Chilcott, Robert Peter ^a   Farrar, Rebecca ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biophysical analysis; Human skin; In vivo; Skin colour; Transepidermal water loss (TEWL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN COLOR; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKIN WATER LOSS; TIME;

EID: 0034059103     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0846.2000.006002064.x     Document Type: Article

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