Male-female differences in forearm skin tissue dielectric constant

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 328-332

  Mayrovitz, Harvey N ^a   Carson, Sophia ^a   Luis, Michelle ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphoedema; Oedema; Permittivity; Skin water; Tissue water

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TISSUE WATER;

ADULT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; WATER; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955825197     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2010.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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