Environmental effects and skin disease

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue , 2003, Pages 129-142

  English, J S C ^a   Dawe, R S ^b   Ferguson, J ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN; WATER;

ACNE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPIGMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOME; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; OZONE; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1342283109     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldg026     Document Type: Review

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