Self reported skin morbidity and ethnicity: A population-based study in a Western community

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dalgard, Florence ^a   Holm, Jan Øivind ^b   Svensson, Åke ^c   Kumar, Bernadette ^a   Sundby, Johanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRY SKIN; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; AFRICA; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HYPOTRICHOSIS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; POSTAL MAIL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTRICHOSIS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MORBIDITY; NORWAY; POSTAL SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547163851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-7-4     Document Type: Article

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