Clinical characteristics and consequences of hand eczema - An 8-year follow-up study of a population-based twin cohort

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 210-216

  Lerbaek, Anne ^a,d   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^b   Ravn, Henrik ^c   Menné, Torkil ^a   Agner, Tove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical study; Consequences; Follow up; Hand eczema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB CHANGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATION; PATCH TEST; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASES IN TWINS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; SKIN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 41049112918     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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