Community validation of the U.K. diagnostic criteria for atopic dermatitis in Japanese elementary schoolchildren

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-231

  Saeki, Hidehisa ^a   Iizuka, Hajime ^b   Mori, Yasuki ^c   Akasaka, Toshihide ^c   Takagi, Hajime ^d   Kitajima, Yasuo ^d   Oiso, Naoki ^e   Kawada, Akira ^e   Tezuka, Tadashi ^e   Tanaka, Toshihiko ^f   Hide, Michihiro ^f   Yamamoto, Shoso ^f   Hirose, Yasuaki ^g   Kodama, Hajime ^g   Urabe, Kazunori ^h   Furue, Masutaka ^h   Kasagi, Fumiyoshi ⁱ   Morita, Eishin ^j   Tsunemi, Yuichiro ^a   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^j SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Community validation; Elementary schoolchildren; Japanese; U.K. diagnostic criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXAMINATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JAPAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447562642     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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