Effect of stress on atopic dermatitis: Investigation in patients after the Great Hanshin Earthquake

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 173-176

  Kodama, Atsuko ^a   Horikawa, Tatsuya ^a   Suzuki, Takaaki ^a   Ajiki, Wakiko ^b   Takashima, Tsutomu ^a   Harada, Susumu ^a   Ichihashi, Masamitsu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Bathing; Earthquake; Environment; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BUILDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESTRUCTION; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STRESS;

EID: 0032867098     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70130-2     Document Type: Article

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