EEMCO guidance to the in vivo assessment of tensile functional properties of the skin. Part 1: Relevance to the structures and ageing of the skin and subcutaneous tissues

Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 352-362

  Piérard, Gérald E ^a  

^a CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ageing; Biomechanics; Elasticity; Regional variation; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

AGING; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; MECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FUNCTION; STRATUM CORNEUM; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGING; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 4243734507     PISSN: 14222868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029897     Document Type: Review

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