Hardware and measuring principles: The NOVA dermal phase meter

Bioengineering of the Skin: Water and the Stratum Corneum, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 263-274

  Wickett, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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