Reliability of self-assessed reading of skin tests: A possible approach in research and clinical practice?

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Falk, Magnus ^a   Anderson, Chris ^b  

^a Research and Development Unit for Local Health Care   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; SELF REPORT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TEST; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DRUG EFFECT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATCH TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARD; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATCH TESTS; PATIENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS; SKIN TESTS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649229494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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