Prevalence of infantile and early childhood eczema in a Japanese population: Comparison with the disease frequency examined 20 years ago

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-53

  Sugiura, Hisashi ^a   Uchiyama, Masami ^a   Omoto, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Sasaki, Kazuo ^a   Uehara, Masami ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ECZEMA; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MORBIDITY; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 0031034699     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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