A new method to measure in vivo human skin hydrophobia

International Journal of Cosmetic Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 347-352

  Elkhyat, A ^a   Agache, P ^a   Zahouani, H ^a,b   Humbert, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Critical surface tension; Human skin; Surface free energy; Surface hydrophilia; Surface polarity; Water adhesion tension; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ETHER; SOAP; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; HYGIENE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN SURFACE; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0035731219     PISSN: 01425463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0412-5463.2001.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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