Racial (Ethnic) Differences in Skin Properties: The Objective Data

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 843-860

  Wesley, Naissan O ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ASIAN; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CAUCASIAN; CELL GRANULE; CONDUCTANCE; DESQUAMATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GERMANY; HISPANIC; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; JAPAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAST CELL; NEGRO; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN FLORA; SKIN WATER LOSS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER CONTENT; XEROSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0347595397     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200304120-00004     Document Type: Review

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