Prevalence, correlates and characteristics of chronic pruritus: A population-based cross-sectional study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 674-679

  Matterne, Uwe ^a   Apfelbacher, Christian J ^a   Loerbroks, Adrian ^b   Schwarzer, Tamara ^a   Büttner, Marion ^a   Ofenloch, Robert ^a   Diepgen, Thomas L ^a   Weisshaar, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pruritus; Epidemiology; Population; Prevalence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80054899783     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1159     Document Type: Article

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