Experiences with the severity scoring of atopic dermatitis in a population of German pre-school children

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 558-562

  Schafer T ^a   Dockery, D ^b   Kramer U ^c   Behrendt, H ^d   Ring, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Med Inst of Environmental Hygiene   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; GERMANY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030785393     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03786.x     Document Type: Article

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