What is Skin For?

What is Skin For?

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REFERENCES
Skin cell loss by weight
Agache, P. & Humbert, P. 2004. “Measuring the Skin.”

Aly, R. et al. 1978. Effect of Prolonged Occlusion on the Microbial Flora, pH, Carbon Dioxide and Transepidermal Water Loss on Human Skin.

Candi, E. et al. 2005. The cornified envelope: a model of cell death in the skin

Takahashi, M. et al. 1987. Measurement of turnover time of stratum corneum using dansyl chloride fluorescence

Onken, H.D. & Moyer, C.A. 1963. The Water Barrier in Human Epidermis: Physical and Chemical Nature.

Stratum Corneum Thickness
Rougier, A. et al. 1978. Relationship between skin permeability and corneocyte size
according to anatomic site, age, and sex in man.

Keratinization: An Overview

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