Factors believed by Jordanian acne patients to affect their acne condition

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 840-846

  El Akawi, Zakawi ^a   Nemr, N Abdel Latif ^a   Abdul Razzak, K ^a   Al Aboosi, M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CACAO; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EGG; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRYING; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; JORDAN; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; NUT; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; SEBORRHEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPICE; SUN EXPOSURE; SWEATING; TEA; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WEATHER;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEATING; WEATHER;

EID: 33847620187     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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