Skin biophysical properties of a population living in Valais, Switzerland

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-338

  Wendling, Pierre André ^a   Dell'Acqua, Giorgio ^a  

^a Laboratoires Biologiques Arval SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Hydration; pH; Sebum; Skin; UV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIR; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BIOPHYSICS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELASTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; PH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEBUM; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEBUM; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0242521354     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0846.2003.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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