Skin care products: What do they promise, what do they deliver

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 29-36

  Surber, Christian ^a,b   Kottner, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Cosmetics administration dosage; Nursing; Skin care; Topical administration; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; COSMECEUTICAL; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPOPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARE; SKIN PROTECTION; TARGET TISSUE; VISCOSITY; CHEMISTRY; CUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MARKETING; PROCEDURES; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; COSMECEUTICALS; COSMETICS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MARKETING; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN CARE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84963636518     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: 18764746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2016.03.006     Document Type: Article

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