Limits of ICD-9-CM code usefulness in epidemiological studies of contact and other types of dermatitis

American Journal of Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 176-178

  Shenefelt, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURODERMATITIS; PATCH TEST; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; XEROSIS;

EID: 0031657457     PISSN: 1046199X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-199X(98)90021-5     Document Type: Article

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