Skin viscoelasticity displays site- and age-dependent angular anisotropy

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 313-321

  Ruvolo Jr , E C ^a   Stamatas, G N ^a   Kollias, N ^a  

^a JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elasticity; Reviscometer

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MECHANICAL PROBE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR RATE; SKIN; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SURFACE; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARM; BIOPHYSICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 35548949397     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108147     Document Type: Article

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