Prevalence of atopic dermatitis in Italian schoolchildren: Factors affecting its variation

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-125

  Naldi, Luigi ^a   Parazzini, Fabio ^a,b   Gallus, Silavano ^a,c   Leardini, Maurizio ^d   Feliciangeli, Marialisa ^d   Assalve, Danilo ^e   Stingeni, Luca ^e   Stanganelli, Ignazio ^d   Magi, Serena ^d   Cusano, Francesco ^d   Sarracco, Giovanni ^d   Manfredi, Grazia ^f   Magrini, Laura ^f   Di Landro, Anna ^f   Lo Scocco, Giovanni ^d   Di Lernia, Vito ^d   Barba, Annalisa ^g   Tessari, Giampaolo ^g   Fenizi, Gianfranco ^d   Altobella, Andrea ^d   Nardini, Paolo ^h   De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^h   Pezzarossa, Enrico ^d   Morelli, Rossella ^d   Frassetto, Antonella ^d   Cellini, Andreina ⁱ   Simonetti, Oriana ⁱ   Offidani, Annamaria ⁱ   Virgili, Annarosa ^j   Zampino, Maria Rosaria ^j   Cainelli, Giuliano ^j   Villano, Pietroandrea ^k   Ausilia, Anna ^k   Ferraiolo, Sonia ^k   Flaminio, Concetta ^k   Filotico, Raffaele ^l   Lassandro, Maria Ester ^l   more..

^a USC of Dermatology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d Clinica Universitaria ^*

^e Clinica Universitaria   (Italy)

^f Clinica Universitaria   (Italy)

^g Clinica Universitaria   (Italy)

^h Clinica Universitaria   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Children; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITILIGO;

EID: 63049099730     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0591     Document Type: Article

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