Relation between patients' and physicians' severity assessment of occupational hand eczema

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 596-600

  Cvetkovski, Rikke Skoet ^a   Jensen, H ^b   Olsen, J ^b   Johansen, J D ^c   Agner, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Occupational hand eczema; Sensitivity; Severity assessment; Specificity; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROC CURVE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; SKIN;

EID: 24344478239     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06768.x     Document Type: Article

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