The natural history of childhood eczema: Observations from the British 1958 birth cohort study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 834-839

  Williams, H C ^a   Strachan, D P ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031794408     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02509.x     Document Type: Article

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