Quality of life issues for South Africans with acne vulgaris

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-9

  Mosam, A ^a   Vawda, N B ^a   Gordhan, A H ^a   Nkwanyana, N ^b   Aboobaker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANXIETY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 13244289892     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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