Dermatitis artefacta in soldiers

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 497-499

  Cohen, Arnon D ^a,b   Vardy, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS ARTEFACTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SOLDIER; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 33745046921     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.6.497     Document Type: Article

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