Sensitive skin in the American population: Prevalence, clinical data, and role of the dermatologist

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 961-967

  Misery, Laurent ^a   Sibaud, Vincent ^b   Merial Kieny, Christelle ^b   Taieb, Charles ^c  

^a Hôpital Universitaire Médecine Vasculaire   (France)

^b Laboratoires Dermatologiques Avene   (France)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ACNE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CAUCASIAN; CLIMATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PIGMENT DISORDER; POLLUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ROSACEA; RURAL AREA; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN CARE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUBURBAN AREA; SUN EXPOSURE; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COSMETICS; DATA COLLECTION; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960639951     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.04884.x     Document Type: Article

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