Prevalence of childhood atopic dermatitis: An urban and rural community-based study in shanghai, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Feng ^a   Yan, Shuxian ^a   Li, Fei ^a   Cai, Minqiang ^b   Chai, Weihan ^c   Wu, Minmin ^a   Fu, Chaowei ^a   Zhao, Zhuohui ^a   Kan, Haidong ^a   Kang, Kefei ^a   Xu, Jinhua ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinjing Community Health Service Center   (China)

^c Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Jiading District of Shanghai   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHINA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; INFANT; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84860476293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036174     Document Type: Article

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