Cutaneous manifestations of chronic arsenicism: Review of seventeen cases

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 179-185

  Sai Siong Wong, ^a   Kong Chong Tan, ^a   Chee Leok Goh, ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INTOXICATION; KERATOSIS; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031913210     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(98)70596-1     Document Type: Article

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