Epidemiology of itch: Adding to the burden of skin morbidity

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-350

  Weisshaar, Elke ^a   Dalgard, Florence ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Epidemiology; Itch; Pruritus; Psycho; Skin diseases; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ANUS PRURITUS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GENITAL PRURITUS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER DISEASE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UREMIA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 69249090603     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0662     Document Type: Review

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