Acne in Victorian adolescents: Associations with age, gender, puberty and psychiatric symptoms

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 430-433

  Kilkenny, M ^a   Stathakis, V ^a   Hibbert, M E ^a   Patton, G ^a   Caust, J ^b   Bowes, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b St Vincent's Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Adolescents; Age; Gender; Psychiatric symptoms; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL HEALTH; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; AGE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030608792     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1997.tb01635.x     Document Type: Article

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