The epidemiology of psoriasis in a dermatology clinic in a general hospital in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 399-402

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^a Port of Spain General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 34249743058     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000600006     Document Type: Article

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