Acne prevalence in elementary school students - A comparative epidemiological study between Kaohsiung county and Magong township

Dermatologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Tsai, Min Chien ^a   Lai, Chih Sheng ^a   Wang, Cheng Yu ^a   Cheng, Yu Wen ^a   Chen, Guan Yu ^b   Chen, Wen Chieh ^a   Hsu, Tsung Jen ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Armed Forces Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c Penghu Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acne; Body mass index; Epidemiology; School children

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; COMEDO; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 33644785700     PISSN: 10278117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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