Itch and mental distress: A cross-sectional study among late adolescents

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-44

  Halvorsen, Jon Anders ^a,b   Dalgard, Florence ^b,c   Thoresen, Magne ^b   Bjertness, Espen ^b   Lien, Lars ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Eczema; Itch; Mental distress; Mental problems; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PRURITUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549106397     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0554     Document Type: Article

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