Wilderness dermatology: Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of skin disease related to the great outdoors

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-169

  Miller, Daniel M ^a   Brodell, Robert T ^b,c,e   Herr, Robert ^d  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALAMINE; DAPSONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POLYSPORIN; PRAMOCAINE; STEROID; SUNSCREEN; TETRACYCLINE; TIABENDAZOLE; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BEE STING; BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; DERMATOMYCOSIS; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LARVA MIGRANS; LYME DISEASE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SPIDER BITE; STEROID THERAPY; SUNBURN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030037311     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1996)007[0146:WDPDAT]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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