Human stratum corneum penetration by copper: In vivo study after occlusive and semi-occlusive application of the metal as powder

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1539-1543

  Hostýnek, Jurij J ^a   Dreher, Frank ^b   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Neocutis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Epidermis; In vitro; In vivo; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy; Inflammatory disease; Metal; Penetration; Stratum corneum; Tape stripping

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFUSION; EPIDERMIS CELL; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; COPPER; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POWDERS; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 33745601924     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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