Prevalence and awareness of melasma during pregnancy

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-288

  Moin, Athar ^a,b   Jabery, Zahra ^a   Fallah, Nader ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Mostafa Khomeini Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNOLOGY; EYE COLOR; FACE DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; IRAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PARITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUN EXPOSURE; THYROID DISEASE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MELANOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644781673     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02470.x     Document Type: Article

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