Community validation of the United Kingdom diagnostic criteria for atopic dermatitis in Romanian school children

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 436-442

  Popescu, C M ^a   Popescu, R ^a   Williams, H ^b   Forsea, D ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; ROMANIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROMANIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031895328     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02121.x     Document Type: Article

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