Association of patient-reported psoriasis severity with income and employment

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 963-971

  Horn, Elizabeth J ^a   Fox, Kathleen M ^b   Patel, Vaishali ^c   Chiou, Chiun Fang ^c   Dann, Frank ^c   Lebwohl, Mark ^d  

^a National Psoriasis Foundation   (United States)

^b Strategic Healthcare Solutions LLC   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSORIASIS; SELF REPORT; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36049047981     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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