Bioclimatology and balneology in dermatology: A Dead Sea perspective

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 695-698

  Abels, David J ^a,b   Kipnis, Vitaly ^a  

^a Dead Sea Mor Clinic   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BALNEOTHERAPY; CLIMATOTHERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MASTOCYTOSIS; MUD THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0032202148     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(98)00059-5     Document Type: Review

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