Global burden of skin disease in the elderly: A grand challenge to skin health

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 693-698

  Hay, R J ^a   Fuller, L C ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cost of illness; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; HEALTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84951969479     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: 18271820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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