A population-based survey of eczema prevalence in the United States

Dermatitis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 82-91

  Hanifin, Jon M ^a   Reed, Michael L ^b   Drake, Lynn A ^b   Koo, John ^b   Lebwohl, Mark G ^b   Leung, Donald Y M ^b   McAlister, Robert O ^b   Pariser, David M ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECZEMA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547152817     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2007.06034     Document Type: Review

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