Atopic eczema and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a population-based sample of children and adolescents

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 724-726

  Schmitt, Jochen ^a   Romanos, Marcel ^b   Schmitt, Natalie M ^c   Meurer, Michael ^d   Kirch, Wilhelm ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Institute of Clinical Pharmacology

^d Department of Dermatology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 60749097993     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.136     Document Type: Letter

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