Chloracne: Still cause for concern

Dermatology

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Passarini, Beatrice ^a,b   Infusino, Salvatore Domenico ^a   Kasapi, Evangelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chloracne, histopathology; Dibenzofuran; Dioxins

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIOXIN; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLORACNE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; STAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZOFURANS; CHLORACNE; DIOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77952512974     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000290694     Document Type: Article

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