Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 259-266 , April 2006

The relative contributions of different skin layers to the mechanical behavior of human skin in vivo using suction experiments

  • F.M. Hendriks

      Affiliations

    • Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • D. Brokken

      Affiliations

    • Philips Research Laboratories, Personal Care Institute, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • C.W.J. Oomens

      Affiliations

    • Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 40 247 2818; fax: +31 40 244 7355.
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  • D.L. Bader

      Affiliations

    • Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Queen Mary University of London, Department of Engineering and Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials, London, UK
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  • F.P.T. Baaijens

      Affiliations

    • Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Received 10 January 2005 ,Revised 27 April 2005 ,Accepted 7 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.07.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 259-266 , April 2006

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