Dry skin: Environmental aspects

Exogenous Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 57-71

  Rawlings, A V ^a  

^a AVR Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Corneocyte; Epidermal differentiation; Stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme; Water

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1; PHYTOSPHINGOSINE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; DEHYDRATION; DESMOSOME; DIFFUSION; DRY SKIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; KERATINOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER LOSS; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 22544445244     PISSN: 14244616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086156     Document Type: Article

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