The influence of cultural and educational factors on the validity of symptom and diagnosis questions for atopic eczema

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1040-1046

  Kramer U ^a,b   Schafer T ^b   Behrendt, H ^b   Ring, J ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURODERMATITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HUMANS; NEURODERMATITIS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0345471855     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02561.x     Document Type: Article

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