Delay in medical attention to hand eczema: A follow-up study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1294-1300

  Hald, M ^a   Agner, T ^a   Blands, J ^b   Johansen, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Delay; Follow up; Hand eczema; Photographic guide; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAND ECZEMA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATCH TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72649089398     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09402.x     Document Type: Article

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