Characterization of the polysensitized patient: A matched case-control study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-30

  Carlsen, Berit Christina ^a   Andersen, Klaus Ejner ^b   Menné, Torkil ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; Contact allergy; Duration of disease; Leg ulcers; Multiple contact allergies; Persistency of symptoms; Polysensitization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68149096716     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01573.x     Document Type: Article

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