The prevalence of facial acne in peruvian adolescents and its relation to their ethnicity

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 480-484

  Freyre, Eleodoro A ^a   Rebaza, Rodolfo M ^b   Sami, David A ^c   Lozada, Claudia P ^d  

^a U   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN AGUSTÍN DE AREQUIPA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Asistente del Servicio de Cirugía del Hospital   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MENARCHE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERU; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MENARCHE; PERU; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032104103     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00277-2     Document Type: Article

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