Effects of climate changes on skin diseases

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-181

  Balato, Nicola ^a   Megna, Matteo ^a   Ayala, Fabio ^a   Balato, Anna ^a   Napolitano, Maddalena ^a   Patruno, Cataldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

allergy; climate change; extreme whether events; skin cancers; skin diseases skin infections; vector borne diseases; water borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CARRIER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; NATURAL DISASTER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893042466     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2014.875855     Document Type: Review

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