Cutaneous differences between Black, African or Caribbean Mixed-race and Caucasian women: Biometrological approach of the hydrolipidic film

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-335

  Fotoh, Corinne ^a   Elkhyat, Ahmed ^a   Mac, Sophie ^b   Sainthillier, Jean Marie ^b   Humbert, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b Skinexigence   (France)

Author keywords

Cutaneous pH; Ethnic skin; Hydrolipidic film; Skin frictional properties; Skin wettability

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); COATINGS; FRICTION; HYDRATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BALANCE (WEIGHTING); BARRIER FUNCTIONS; CAUCASIAN; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COATING SURFACES; DRY SKIN (XEROSIS); ETHNIC GROUPS; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; HUMAN SKIN; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SKIN DRYNESS; SKIN HYDRATION; SKIN SURFACES; TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS (TEWL);

SKIN;

COSMETIC; SKIN LIPID;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LIPOPHILICITY; NEGRO; PH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN CARE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMETRY; CARIBBEAN REGION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID METABOLISM; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN TESTS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 48249116866     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2008.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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