Fabric preferences of atopic dermatitis patients

Dermatitis

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-33

  Love, W Elliot ^a   Nedorost, Susan T ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; HEMP FIBER; HUMAN; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SILK; SKIN WATER LOSS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOOL; WRINKLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDDING AND LINENS; CLOTHING; COTTON FIBER; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEXTILES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649147160     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2008.08027     Document Type: Article

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