Comparison of self-reported skin complaints with objective skin signs among adolescents

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 573-577

  Halvorsen, Jon Anders ^a   Braae Olesen, Anne ^b   Thoresen, Magne ^c   Holm, Jan Øyvind ^a   Bjertness, Espen ^c   Dalgard, Florence ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acne; Adolescents; Itch; Skin complaints; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PRURITUS; VALIDATION STUDY; XEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749146428     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0505     Document Type: Article

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