The skin barrier, a well-organized membrane

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 123-124, Issue , 1997, Pages 403-413

  Bouwstra, J A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Membrane; Skin; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; LIPIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PROTEINS; TISSUE; WATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY;

SKIN;

KERATIN; LIPID; PROTEIN; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWINE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0342711269     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-7757(96)03819-8     Document Type: Article

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