Cutaneous diseases in Native Americans

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 699-702

  Cornelison Jr , Raymond L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC PRURIGO; AMERICAN INDIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; ETHNIC GROUP; HAIR COLOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345733701     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(03)00076-7     Document Type: Review

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