Dry skin in the elderly: Complexities of a common problem

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-42

  White Chu, E Foy ^a   Reddy, Madhuri ^a  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIANDROGEN; BALSAM PERU; BETAMETHASONE; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; LANOLIN; OIL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

AGING; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY SKIN; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; LIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PRURITUS; SEBUM SECRETION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WOUND CARE; XEROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; SKIN AGING; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 78649928693     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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