Abstract
The skin exhibits extremely complex electrical properties, which, although related to its physical and chemical state, are not readily amenable to interpretation in these terms. In order to extract useful information from measurement of skin electrical properties, a means of relating the physical state of the skin to its observed electrical behaviour is required. Thus a model or models needs to be proposed to allow the design of measurement methods.
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Edwards, C. (1988). The electrical properties of skin. In: Marks, R.M., Barton, S.P., Edwards, C. (eds) The Physical Nature of the Skin. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1291-5_22
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