Fifteen-year follow-up of hand eczema: Persistence and consequences

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 975-980

  Meding, B ^a   Wrangsjo K ^b   Jarvholm B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Long term; Outcome; Population based; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 18944404384     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06494.x     Document Type: Article

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