Impact on the quality of life of dermatological patients in southern Brazil;Impacto na qualidade de vida de pacientes dermatológicos no sul do Brasil

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1113-1121

  Tejada, Caroline dos Santos ^a   Mendoza Sassi, Raúl Andrés ^a   de Almeida Jr , Hiram Larangeira ^b   Figueiredo, Paulo Neves ^a   Tejada, Victor Felipe dos Santos ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Ivo Pitanguy   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Epidemiology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRAZIL; CONSULTATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUPERFICIAL MYCOSIS; VITILIGO;

EID: 84856622957     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962011000600008     Document Type: Article

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