Influence of usage practices, ethnicity and climate on the skin compatibility of sanitary pads

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 275, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 415-427

  Farage, Miranda ^a   Elsner, Peter ^b   Maibach, Howard ^c  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Clinical trials; Ethnic groups; Feminine hygiene products; Geographic locations; Irritation; Sanitary pads; Sensory

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; CLIMATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYGIENE; JAPAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIGERIA; NORTH AMERICA; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SANITARY PAD; SKIN COLOR; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VULVA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ABSORBENT PADS; ADULT; CLIMATE; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS; PATCH TESTS; SKIN; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS; VULVA;

EID: 34249075456     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0273-5     Document Type: Review

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