Comparative study of skin sebum and elasticity level in patients with sulfur mustard-induced dermatitis and healthy controls

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-242

  Davoudi, Seyyed Masoud ^a   Sadr, Bardia ^b   Hayatbakhsh, Mohammad R ^c   Keshavarz, Saeed ^a   Shohrati, Majid ^a   Naghizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Babakoohi, Shahab ^b   Rashighi Firouzabadi, Mehdi ^b   Firooz, Alireza ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Skin elasticity; Skin sebum; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; CHRONIC EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FOUR-GROUP; HEALTHY CONTROLS; LONG TERM; NORMAL CONTROLS; SKIN ELASTICITY; SKIN LESION; SULFUR MUSTARD;

DERMATOLOGY; SULFUR;

ELASTICITY;

MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEBUM; SEBUM SECRETION; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; ELASTICITY; FOREHEAD; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTARD GAS; SEBUM; SKIN; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 77954442859     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2009.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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