Prevalence of acne and its impact on the quality of life in school-aged adolescents in Malaysia

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-25

  Hanisah, Arshad ^a   Omar, Khairani ^b   Shah, Shamsul Azhar ^b  

^a Muar Health District Office   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cardiff Acne Disability Index; Facial acne; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955875726     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc09020     Document Type: Article

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