Open AccessPrevalence of cold dermatoses in kashmir valley: A cross-sectional study from North India
Author(s) -
Faizan Younus Shah,
Iffat Hassan,
Sumaya Zeerak,
Shazia Bashir,
Yasmeen Jabeen,
Shagufta Parveen,
Mustafa Syed,
Javeed Sultan,
Shazia Jeelani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/idoj.idoj_543_19
Subject(s) - kashmiri , medicine , frostbite , cross sectional study , population , epidemiology , population study , dermatology , demography , observational study , environmental health , pathology , surgery , sociology
Often quoted as "heaven on earth," Kashmir forms one of the two divisions of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A high-altitude region with abundant precipitation and snowfall, the people of Kashmir experience peculiar dermatoses not commonly seen in the majorly tropical subcontinent of India. In this study, we focussed on cold dermatoses as a comprehensive cluster and attempted to study them as a group.