Axilla surface area for males and females: Measured distribution

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-52

  Cowan Ellsberry, Christina ^a   McNamee, Pauline M ^a   Leazer, Tyra ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axilla; Dermal sensitization; Quantitative Risk Assessment; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLA SURFACE AREA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN SENSITIVITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

ANTIPERSPIRANTS; AXILLA; BODY SURFACE AREA; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEODORANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54249104430     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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