Acne prevalence in secondary school students and their perceived difficulty in accessing acne treatment

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1200, 2004, Pages

  Purvis, Diana ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^b   Watson, Peter D ^b,c  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Centre for Youth Health   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; ACNE VULGARIS; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 16544367557     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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