A survey of skin disease and skin-related issues in Arab Americans

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 933-938

  El Essawi, Dina ^a   Musial, Joseph L ^b   Hammad, Adnan ^c   Lim, Henry W ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKIN CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; WARTS;

EID: 34248203123     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.01.031     Document Type: Article

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