Epidemiology of pruritus in france

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 541-542

  Misery, Laurent ^a,b   Rahhali, Nora ^c   Duhamel, Antoine ^d   Taieb, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre d'Immunologie Pierre Fabre   (France)

^d Ducray Laboratories   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84868360757     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1342     Document Type: Article

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