Community-based epidemiological study of psychosocial effects of acne in Japanese adolescents

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 617-622

  Kubota, Yasuo ^a   Shirahige, Yoshie ^a   Nakai, Kozo ^a   Katsuura, Junko ^a   Moriue, Tetsuya ^a   Yoneda, Kozo ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acne; Japanese adolescents; mental health; prevalence; Short Form 36

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTI ACNE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CITRIC ACID; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; SALICYLIC ACID; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; STUDENT; SWEATING; WELLBEING; ACNE VULGARIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; JAPAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; SKIN CARE; SWEAT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; SKIN CARE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEAT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954234141     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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