The relation of early experienced negative life events and current itch. A longitudinal study among adolescents in Oslo, Norway

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-229

  Lien, Lars ^a   Halvorsen, Jon Anders ^a   Haavet, Ole Rikard ^a   Dalgard, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Distress; Itch; Life events; Longitudinal; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; GRIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PRURITUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856646204     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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