Quantitative description of human skin water dynamics by a disposition-decomposition analysis (DDA) of trans-epidermal water loss and epidermal capacitance

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-30

  Rodrigues, Luis Monteiro ^a   Contreiras Pinto, Pedro ^a,b   Pereira, Luis Marcelo ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^c Pharmacother Nutri/Biopharm Unit   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Dynamical assessment; Intrinsic hydration capacity; Mathematical modeling; System analysis; Trans epidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; EPIDERMIS; EVAPORATION; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN PENETRATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WATER LOSS; WATER TRANSPORT;

ADULT; BODY WATER; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0038782862     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0846.2003.0343.x     Document Type: Article

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