Stress, insomnia, and chronic idiopathic urticaria - A case-control study

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 254-263

  Yang, Hsiao Yu ^a   Sun, Chee Ching ^b   Wu, Yin Chang ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Psychological; Risk factors; Sleep disorders; Stress; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGO; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; TINEA PEDIS; URTICARIA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 33746733597     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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