Acne and smoking: Is there a relationship?

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Firooz, Alireza ^a   Sarhangnejad, Reza ^a   Davoudi, Seyyed Massoud ^b   Nassiri Kashani, Mansour ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 25444490699     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-5-2     Document Type: Article

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