Life-threatening environmental dermatoses and agents of mass destruction with serious systemic consequences

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 276-284

  Oumeish, Oumeish Youssef ^a,c   Oumeish, Isam ^b  

^a University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRISEOFULVIN;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDERMIS; EYE INJURY; FATALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MELANOMA; MICROORGANISM; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUNBURN; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TINEA CAPITIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 19444366531     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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