The epidemiology of adolescent acne in North East China

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 953-957

  Wei, B ^a   Pang, Y ^a,b   Zhu, H ^a   Qu, L ^a   Xiao, T ^a   Wei, H C ^c   Chen, H D ^a   He, C D ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent acne; epidemiology; North East China

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DRY SKIN; DYSMENORRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INSOMNIA; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; OILY SKIN; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954414722     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03590.x     Document Type: Article

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