Prevalence of skin disease in a cohort of shelter-based homeless men

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 197-202

  Stratigos, A J ^a   Stern, R ^a   Gonzalez, E ^a   Johnson, R A ^a   O'Connell, J ^a   Dover, J S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0032799997     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(99)70048-4     Document Type: Article

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