The prevalence of skin diseases among nursing-home patients in north tehran

Clinical Dermatology: Retinoids and other Treatments

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 43-45

  Roodsari, M Rahmati ^a   Malekzad, F ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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