The Blue Lagoon in Iceland and psoriasis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 647-651

  Ólafsson, Jon Hjaltalin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROTHERAPY; ICELAND; LAGOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030294030     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(96)00099-5     Document Type: Article

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