Chocolate and acne: How valid was the original study?

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-460

  Goh, William ^a   Kallianpur, Kalpana J ^a   Chow, Dominic ^a   Almeida, Pamela G ^a   Brown, Amy C ^a   Pager, Sylvia ^a   Sil, Payel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ACNE VULGARIS; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CACAO; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; CACAO; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79958838349     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2011.05.002     Document Type: Letter

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