A population-based study of acne and body mass index in adolescents

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-132

  Halvorsen, Jon Anders ^a,b   Vleugels, Ruth Ann ^c,d   Bjertness, Espen ^b,e   Lien, Lars ^b,f  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855988849     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.148.1.131     Document Type: Article

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