The epidemiology of nevi and signs of skin aging in the adult general population: Results of the KORA-survey 2000

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1490-1496

  Schäfer, Torsten ^a   Merkl, Jessica ^b   Klemm, Eckart ^b   Wichmann, Heinz Erich ^c   Ring, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEVUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; LENTIGO; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745190027     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700269     Document Type: Article

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