Prevalence of skin disease among nursing home patients in southern Taiwan

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 754-759

  Smith, Derek Richard ^a,b,c,d   Sheu, Hamm Ming ^a,b,c,d   Hsieh, Fu Sen ^a,b,c,d   Lee, Yung Ling ^a,b,c,d   Chang, Suh Jen ^a,b,c,d   Guo, Yueliang Leon ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Bureau of Public Health   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MYCOSIS; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RISK FACTOR; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; XEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036857442     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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