Prevalence of self-reported eczema in relation to living environment, socio-economic status and respiratory symptoms assessed in a questionnaire study

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Montnemery, Peter ^a   Nihlén, Ulf ^a   Löfdahl, Claes Göran ^a   Nyberg, Per ^a   Svensson, Åke ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; EMPHYSEMA; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; URBAN AREA; BREATHING MECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 2442670358     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-3-4     Document Type: Article

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