Transepidermal water loss as a function of skin surface temperature.
Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) was measured as a function of skin temperature, using human cadaver skin in modified skin diffusion chambers. A formula was derived to allow conversion of TEWL at any skin temperature to a standard reference temperature. This formula permits more accurate comparison of TEWL within and between subjects.
D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D002102:Cadaver; D004817:Epidermis / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014870:Water Loss, Insensible