Validation of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Children (ISAAC) and U.K. criteria for atopic eczema in Ethiopian children

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 735-741

  Haileamlak, A ^a   Lewis, S A ^b   Britton, J ^b   Venn, A J ^b   Woldemariam, D ^a   Hubbard, R ^b   Williams, Hywel C ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Diagnostic criteria; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES IN CHILDREN QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 17644374137     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06511.x     Document Type: Article

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