Regular use of a hand cream can attenuate skin dryness and roughness caused by frequent hand washing

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kampf, Günter ^a,b   Ennen, Joachim ^c  

^a Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROCRESOL; SOAP; EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; ECZEMA; FOREARM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARE; SKIN IRRITATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; XERODERMA; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HAND DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EMOLLIENTS; HAND DERMATOSES; HAND DISINFECTION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SOAPS;

EID: 33644909585     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-6-1     Document Type: Article

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