Identification of subjects with atopic dermatitis in questionnaire studies

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 218-223

  Jepsen, Karen Frydendall ^a   Flyvholm, Mari Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Eczema; Epidemiology; NOSQ 2002; Questionnaire studies; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 33847645433     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2006.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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