Skin and Aging Processes

by Barbara A. Gilchrest

Book Overview

This text deals comprehensively with the aging processes of the skin. It organizes the disciplines of dermatologic gerontology and geriatrics, and critically examines their current content with an eye to future needs. All aspects of the aging processes in the skin are considered: psychosocial effects, medical and financial im-pacts of skin disease, documented use of the skin as a model sys-tem for gerontologic studies, and general theories of aging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849354722
• ISBN13: 9780849354724
• Release Date: February 1984
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 11.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 11.0"