Prevalence of dermatological disorders in Japan: A nationwide, cross-sectional, seasonal, multicenter, hospital-based study

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-363

  Furue, Masutaka ^a,b   Yamazaki, Souji ^a   Jimbow, Koichi ^a   Tsuchida, Tetsuya ^a   Amagai, Masayuki ^a   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^a   Matsunaga, Kayoko ^a   Muto, Masahiko ^a   Morita, Eishin ^a   Akiyama, Masashi ^a   Soma, Yoshinao ^a   Terui, Tadashi ^a   Manabe, Motomu ^a  

^a Scientific Committee   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

age; Japan; prevalence; sex; skin diseases

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ALOPECIA; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ERUPTION; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; ERYTHRODERMA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND ECZEMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INSECT BITE; JAPAN; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PRURIGO; PSORIASIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TINEA PEDIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URTICARIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

EID: 79953074627     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01209.x     Document Type: Article

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