Relationship between the seasonal onset of chronic venous leg ulcers and climatic factors

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1415-1419

  Klode, J ^a   Stoffels, I ^a   Korber A ^a   Weindorf, M ^a   Dissemond, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG ULCER; SEASONS; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 81155128663     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.03988.x     Document Type: Article

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