Comparative evaporimetry in man

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-208

  Shah, Jigna H ^a   Zhai, Hongbo ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Human skin; Transepidermal water loss (TEWL)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BODY-INDUCED AIRFLOWS; EVAPORIMETRY; OPEN-CHAMBER SYSTEMS; TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS (TEWL);

DERMATOLOGY;

WATER;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVAPORATION; FOREARM; FOREHEAD; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; SKIN WATER LOSS; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WATER; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 22244461496     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2005.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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