Sweaty skin, background and assessments

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 647-655

  Noël, Fanchon ^a,b   Piérard Franchimont, Claudine ^a,b   Piérard, Gérald E ^a,b   Quatresooz, Pascale ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Regional Hospital of Huy   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; DYE; FORMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; UREA;

ANHIDROSIS; APOCRINE GLAND; AXILLA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROMIDROSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMHIDROSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DERMIS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVAPORATION; GRAVIMETRY; HEMATOHIDROSIS; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPERHIDROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION; MENTAL STRESS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN WATER LOSS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

APOCRINE GLANDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLORING AGENTS; ECCRINE GLANDS; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPOHIDROSIS; ODORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEAT; SWEATING;

EID: 84861302843     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05307.x     Document Type: Review

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