Ethnic groups and sensitive skin: two examples of special populations in dermatology

Drug Discovery Today: Disease Mechanisms

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Fluhr, Joachim W ^a   Darlenski, Razvigor ^b   Berardesca, Enzo ^c  

^a Bioskin Berlin   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; 2 CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONONITRILE; ADAPALENE; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EMOLLIENT AGENT; HYDROQUINONE; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; TAZAROTENE;

ACNE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRY SKIN; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MELANOMA; NUTRITION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN SURFACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 67349166147     PISSN: 17406765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmec.2008.06.004     Document Type: Review

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