Acne's relationship with psychiatric and psychological morbidity: Results of a school-based cohort study of adolescents

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-64

  Magin, P J ^a   Pond, C D ^a   Smith, W T ^a   Goode, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Adolescent; Anxiety; Depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 71949116191     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03354.x     Document Type: Article

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