Management of acute sunburn

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-47

  Han, Amy ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETAMETHASONE; BUTYLCRESOL; COPPER; CORTICOSTEROID; DIFLUMIDONE; DIMETINDENE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FLUOCINOLONE; FLURBIPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; MELATONIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM; PREDNISONE; SALICYLIC ACID; SELENIUM; TERFENADINE; THIAMAZOLE; TOCOPHEROL; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHEMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; EMOLLIENTS; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; SUNBURN;

EID: 1542343881     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200405010-00006     Document Type: Review

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