Bowen's Disease and Arsenism from Tobacco Smoke: An Association?

Cutis

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-66

  Person, John R ^a  

^a Fallon Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

BOWEN DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ARSENIC; BOWEN'S DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PLANTS, TOXIC; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 0030184988     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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