Prevalence of atopic dermatitis in Japanese elementary schoolchildren

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 110-114

  Saeki, Hidehisa ^a   Iizuka, H ^b   Mori, Y ^c   Akasaka, T ^c   Takagi, H ^d   Kitajima, Y ^d   Tezuka, T ^e   Tanaka, T ^f   Hide, M ^f   Yamamoto, S ^f   Hirose, Y ^g   Kodama, H ^g   Urabe, K ^h   Furue, M ^h   Kasagi, F ⁱ   Torii, H ^j   Nakamura, K ^k   Morita, E ^l   Tsunemi, Y ^a   Tamaki, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^h KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^j Social Hlth Ins Medical Center   (Japan)

^k FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Elementary schoolchildren; Japanese; Prevalence; Regular health check ups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 19944430494     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06271.x     Document Type: Article

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