Factors affecting responses on Dermatology Life Quality Index items among vitiligo sufferers

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 330-333

  Kent, G ^a,c   Al Abadie, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VITILIGO;

EID: 0030465761     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00116.x     Document Type: Article

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