Global climate change and its dermatological diseases

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 601-603

  Andersen, Louise K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HURRICANE; OZONE DEPLETION; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN DISEASE; TELEMEDICINE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; SKIN CARE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 79955048176     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05006.x     Document Type: Article

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