Hand eczema severity and quality of life: A cross-sectional, multicentre study of hand eczema patients

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-47

  Agner, Tove ^a,l   Andersen, Klaus E ^b   Brandao, Francisco M ^c   Bruynzeel, Derk P ^d   Bruze, Magnus ^e   Frosch, Peter ^f   Goncalo, Margarida ^g   Goossens, An ^h   Le Coz, Cristophe J ⁱ   Rustemeyer, Thomas ^d   White, Ian R ^j   Diepgen, Thomas ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^g CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^j ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^l ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Hand eczema; HECSI; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATCH TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 47249150499     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01362.x     Document Type: Article

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