Population-based surveys on the frequency of common skin diseases in adults - Is there a risk of response bias?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-66

  Gill, D ^a,b   Merlin, K ^a,b   Plunkett, A ^a,b   Jolley, D ^a,b   Marks, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; TINEA; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034089750     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2000.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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