Long-term repetitive sodium lauryl sulfate-induced irritation of the skin: An in vivo study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 278-284

  Branco, Nara ^a   Lee, Ivy ^a   Zhai, Hongbo ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Bioengineering; Contact dermatitis; Hardening; Hypoirritation; Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS); Transepidermal water loss (TEWL)

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; IRRITANT AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN COLOR; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN WATER LOSS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TESTS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 28344457991     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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