Dermatologic challenges of pilgrimage

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-61

  Mimesh, Samara A ^a   Al Khenaizan, Sultan ^b   Memish, Ziad A ^b  

^a Aesthetic Dermatology and Laser Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLIMATE; CROWDING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MYCOSIS; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PROTECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAVEL; VIRUS INFECTION;

CROWDING; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN DISEASES; TRAVEL; WALKING;

EID: 39049097738     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.09.019     Document Type: Article

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