Seborrhoeic dermatitis in the elderly: Inferences on the possible role of disability and loss of self-sufficiency

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-287

  Mastrolonardo, Mario ^a   Diaferio, Annalisa ^a   Vendemiale, Gianluigi ^a   Lopalco, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADL index; Disability; Odds ratio; Old age; Seborrhoeic dermatitis; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SELF CONCEPT; SENESCENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3242675251     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550410025877     Document Type: Article

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