Prevalence and risk factors of inflammatory acne vulgaris in rural and urban Ghanaian schoolchildren

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 475-477

  Hogewoning, A A ^a,b   Koelemij, I ^c   A s Amoah, ^d   Bavinck, J N Bouwes ^c   Aryeetey, Y ^d   Hartgers, F ^b   Yazdanbakhsh, M ^b   Willemze, R ^c   Boakye, D A ^d   Lavrijsen, A P M ^c  

^a KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b KING FAISAL HOSPITAL   (Rwanda)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Acne; Body mass index; Gender; Ghana; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73349127809     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09259.x     Document Type: Letter

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