Is the question 'Have you had childhood eczema?' useful for assessing childhood atopic eczema in adult population surveys?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 334-337

  Stenberg, Berndt ^a   Lindberg, Magnus ^b   Meding, Birgitta ^c   Svensson, Åke ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Childhood eczema; Questionnaire; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745099579     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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