The prevalence of melasma and its association with quality of life in adult male Latino migrant workers

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-26

  Pichardo, Rita ^a,b   Vallejos, Quirina ^a,b   Feldman, Steven R ^a,b   Schulz, Mark R ^a,b   Verma, Amit ^a,b   Quandt, Sara A ^a,b   Arcury, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUATEMALA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRANT WORKER; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEDERMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MELANOSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149280071     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03778.x     Document Type: Article

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