Eczema prevalence in the United States: Data from the 2003 national survey of children's health

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-73

  Shaw, Tatyana E ^a   Currie, Gabriel P ^a   Koudelka, Caroline W ^b   Simpson, Eric L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650274430     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.251     Document Type: Article

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