Prevalence of skin lesions and need for treatment in a cohort of 90 880 workers

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 865-873

  Augustin, M ^a   Herberger, K ^a   Hintzen, S ^a   Heigel, H ^b   Franzke, N ^a   Schafer I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Heigelcom ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; INTERTRIGO; LICHEN PLANUS; LIPOMA; MALE; NEVUS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATIENT CARE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; ROSACEA; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA PEDIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053502113     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10436.x     Document Type: Article

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