Ageing and rheological properties of facial skin in women

Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-161

  Pierard G E ^a,c   Henry, F ^a   Castelli, D ^b   Ries, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b RoC Laboratories   (France)

^c CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Skin; Skin, mechanical properties; Skin, rheological properties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FACE; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELASTICITY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RHEOLOGY; SKIN AGING; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SUCTION;

EID: 2642675252     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022001     Document Type: Article

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