Development of an owner-assessed scale to measure the severity of pruritus in dogs

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 301-308

  Hill, P B ^a   Lau, P ^a   Rybnicek, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRURITUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34548559321     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2007.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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