The association of dermatologist-diagnosed and self-reported skin diseases with skin-related quality of life in Latino migrant farmworkers

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 236-241

  Quandt, Sara A ^a,b   Schulz, Mark R ^a,b   Vallejos, Quirina M ^a,b   Feldman, Steven R ^a,b   Verma, Amit ^a,b   Fleischer, Alan B ^a,b   Rapp, Stephen R ^a,b   Arcury, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIGRANT WORKER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; POISON IVY; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PRURITUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 39449109136     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03518.x     Document Type: Article

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