Prevalence of atopic dermatitis determined by clinical examination in Japanese adults [1]

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 817-819

  Saeki, Hidehisa ^a   Tsunemi, Yuichiro ^a   Fujita, Hideki ^a   Kagami, Shinji ^a   Sasaki, Kiyo ^a   Ohmatsu, Hanako ^a   Watanabe, Aya ^a   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750336746     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00187.x     Document Type: Letter

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