Risk factors for seabather's eruption: A prospective cohort study

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-62

  Kumar, Savita ^a,b   Hlady, W Gary ^c,d   Malecki, Jean M ^a,b  

^a Palm Beach Co Pub Hlth Department   (United States)

^b Div of Epidemiol and Dis Control   (United States)

^c Epidemiology Program   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCYPHOZOA; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031035316     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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