Quality of life in a population of patients with hand eczema: A six-month follow-up study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-486

  Hald, Marianne ^a   Agner, Tove ^b   Blands, Jette ^c   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a  

^a National Allergy Research Centre   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DENMARK; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958776829     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1093     Document Type: Letter

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