The microfluidics of the eccrine sweat gland, including biomarker partitioning, transport, and biosensing implications

Biomicrofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Sonner, Z ^a   Wilder, E ^b   Heikenfeld, J ^a   Kasting, G ^b   Beyette, F ^a   Swaile, D ^c   Sherman, F ^d   Joyce, J ^d   Hagen, J ^e   Kelley Loughnane, N ^e   Naik, R ^e  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Sharon Woods Innovation Center   (United States)

^d Beckett Ridge Technical Center   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; PEPTIDES; UREA;

BIOMEDICAL COMMUNITY; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; NEUROPEPTIDES; SAMPLING RATES; SKIN SURFACES; SMALL MOLECULES; SMALL PROTEINS;

BIOMARKERS;

EID: 84930009829     PISSN: 19321058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4921039     Document Type: Article

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