Prevalence of childhood and adolescent atopic dermatitis in a Japanese population: Comparison with the disease frequency examined 20 years ago

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-294

  Sugiura, Hisashi ^a   Umemoto, Naoka ^a   Deguchi, Hideki ^a   Murata, Yuho ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Sawai, Takayuki ^a   Omoto, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Uchiyama, Masami ^a   Kiriyama, Takashi ^a   Uehara, Masami ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronicity of atopic dermatitis; Environmental factor; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14444269893     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598441891     Document Type: Article

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