Predictors of health-related quality of life in women with melasma

Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 25-26+29

  Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^a   Housman, Tamara Salam ^a   Allen, Blythe ^a   McMichael, Amy J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ACNE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHLOASMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0141817000     PISSN: 10413766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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