Is skin ageing in the elderly caused by sun exposure or smoking?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1187-1191

  Leung, W C ^a   Harvey, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Health education; Skin ageing; Sun exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN WRINKLING; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SKIN AGING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKING; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0036885950     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04991.x     Document Type: Article

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