Quality of life in atopic dermatitis patients

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 260-264

  Mozaffari, Habibeh ^a,b   Pourpak, Zahra ^a,b   Pourseyed, Sara ^a   Farhoodi, Abolhasan ^b   Aghamohammadi, Asghar ^b   Movahadi, Masoud ^b   Gharaghozloo, Mohhamd ^b   Moin, Mostafa ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 34948854280     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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