An Improved Adhesive Patch for Long-Term Collection of Sweat
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Biomaterials, Medical Devices, and Artificial Organs
- Vol. 8 (1) , 13-21
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10731198009118969
Abstract
An improved adhesive patch is described, capable of collecting sweat continuously at a steady rate for periods up to 10 days. Normal human subjects (4) wore duplicate patches applied to the skin above the outer ankle and the collecting pads were weighed every 2nd day for 10 days. Uptake was linear in all patches (r2 [regression coefficient] = 0.99) and the uptake rate varied from 18.38 to 47.01 mg/day (mean = 27.18 mg/day, equivalent to 0.71 mg/cm2 per hour). Several drugs are excreted in the sweat, and this patch has potential applications as a tool to monitor drug-taking behavior.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Drug Excretion in Human Eccrine SweatJournal of Investigative Dermatology, 1971
- Extrarenal Excretion of Drugs and ChemicalsAnnual Review of Pharmacology, 1968