Females have lower skin surface pH than men: A study on the influence of gender, forearm site variation, right/left difference and time of the day on the skin surface pH

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 90-94

  Ehlers, C ^a   Ivens, U I ^b   Moller M L ^b   Senderovitz, T ^b   Serup, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LEO PHARMA A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anatomical site; Diurnal variation; PH variation

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; TOPICAL AGENT;

ACIDITY; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SURFACE; STATISTICS; TIME; VOLUNTEER; WELLBEING; WORKING TIME; WRIST;

FEMALE; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME;

EID: 0035032637     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0846.2001.70206.x     Document Type: Article

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