| Range |
during fetal life ~80%: in newborn ~68%: in adolescents and adults ~62% %
|
| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Snyder WS, Cook MJ, Nasset ES, Karhausen LR, Howells GP, Tipton IH. Report of the Task Group on Reference Man. Oxford, United Kingdom: Pergamon Press, 1975. International commission on radiological protection, ICRP Publication 23, link p.54 top paragraph |
| Primary Source |
Rothman, Stephen, Physiology and Biochemistry of the Skin, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1954. |
| Comments |
"The
water
content
in
fresh,
whole
skin
is ~80%
during
fetal
life,
decreasing
to
, ~68%
in
the
newborn
and
,~62%
in
adolescents
and
adults
and
increasing
during
senescence
(Meyer,
in
primary source,
p.
495)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110308 |