Self-reported skin morbidity among adults: Associations with quality of life and general health in a Norwegian survey

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-125

  Dalgard, Florence ^a,d   Svensson, Åke ^b   Holm, Jan Øivind ^c   Sundby, Johanne ^a  

^a Institute of Community Medicine   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community; Life quality; Questionnaire; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORWAY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

EID: 1842689919     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1087-0024.2003.09111.x     Document Type: Article

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