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Microclimate next to the skin: influence on percutaneous absorption of caffeine (ex-vivo study)

Y Lboutounne1, J Silva, L Pazart

  • 1Univ Hospital of Besançon, Clinical Investigation Centre, Besançon, France; Inserm UMR 1098, Besançon, France.

Skin Research and Technology : Official Journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [And] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [And] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI)
|December 17, 2013
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Keywords:
caffeinehumiditypercutaneous absorptiontemperature

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