Incidence of hand eczema - A population-based retrospective study

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 873-877

  Meding, Birgitta ^a,b   Järvholm, Bengt ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopy history; Epidemiology; General population; Recall bias; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; ONSET AGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 2342575738     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22406.x     Document Type: Article

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