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Biomechanics of Skin

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Several attempts were made to describe the mechanical properties of skin by mathematical models (Ridge and Wright 1965; Harkness 1971; Hirsch and Sonnerup 1968; Jamison et al. 1968; Viidik 1968, 1969, 1973, 1979; Frisén et al. 1969a, b; Veronda and Westman 1970; Danielson 1973; Soong and Huang 1973; Wilkes et al. 1973; Jenkins and Little 1974; Lanir and Fung 1974; Vogel 1976, 1986; Barbanel and Evans 1981; Barbanel et al. 1978; Lanir 1979; Barbanel and Payne 1980; Burlin 1980, 1981; Fung 1981; Sanjeevi 1982; Potts and Breuer 1983).

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Maibach, H. (2016). Biomechanics of Skin. In: Hock, F. (eds) Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05392-9_106

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