Health-related quality of life in patients with atopic dermatitis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-47

  Maksimović, Nataša ^a   Janković, Slavenka ^a   Marinković, Jelena ^a   Sekulović, Lidija K ^b   Živković, Zorica ^c   Spirić, Vesna T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF TOXICOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Children's Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis   (Serbia)

^d Clinical Center of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index; Dermatology Life Quality Index; quality of life; Short Form 36

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDREN DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISURE; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855353463     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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