Xerotic skin of the elderly: A summer versus winter comparison based on biophysical measurements

Exogenous Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 190-194

  Andersen, F ^a,c   Andersen, K H ^a   Kligman, A M ^a,b  

^a SKIN Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Senile xerosis; Sodium dodecyl sulfate

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; METHANOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEOMETRY; EVAPORIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER DOPPLER PERFUSION IMAGING; LOWER LEG; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN STRUCTURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRATUM CORNEUM; SUMMER; URTICARIA; WINTER; XEROSIS;

EID: 1642619617     PISSN: 14244616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076800     Document Type: Article

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