Skin hydration and transepidermal water loss in patients with a history of sulfur mustard contact: A case-control study

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 940-944

  Davoudi, Seyyed Masoud ^a   Keshavarz, Saeed ^a   Sadr, Bardia ^b   Shohrati, Majid ^a   Naghizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Farsinejad, Khalil ^b   Rashighi Firouzabadi, Mehdi ^b   Zartab, Hamed ^b   Firooz, Alireza ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Stratum corneum; Sulfur mustard; Transepidermal water loss; Xerosis

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN WATER LOSS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATUM CORNEUM; XEROSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTARD GAS; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 67651165398     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03235.x     Document Type: Article

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