Do osmotic forces play a role in the uptake of water by human skin?

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-112

  van Kemenade, Patricia M ^a   Houben, Mark M J ^b   Huyghe, Jacques M ^b   Douven, Lucien F A ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Occlusion; Osmotic forces; Saline; Transepidermal water loss (TEWL)

Indexed keywords

ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSMOSIS; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN WATER LOSS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; BODY WATER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 2342430455     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2004.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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