Dermatology for the elderly: An Indian perspective

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-96

  Verma, Shyam B ^a  

^a Nirvana Skin Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DERMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESTHETICS; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPROSY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MELANOMA; PHOTOAGING; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOUND HEALING; XEROSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78649974555     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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