Global warming and its dermatologic implications

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 522-524

  Thong, Haw Yueh ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BITES AND STINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DERMATOLOGY; EL NINO; FOLLICULITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OZONE LAYER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TINEA CORPORIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER; WOUND INFECTION;

CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 42449098509     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03554.x     Document Type: Note

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