Prevalence and severity of atopic dermatitis in Jeju Island: A cross-sectional study of 4,028 Korean elementary schoolchildren by physical examination utilizing the three-item severity score

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 472-474

  Dae, Suk Kim ^a,b   Lee, Hee Ju ^b   Lee, Hoon Kwang ^b   Lee, Min Geol ^b  

^a Korean Hansen Welfare Association   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Elementary schoolchildren; Korean; Prevalence; Three item severity score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOUTH KOREA; THREE ITEM SEVERITY SCORE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SKIN;

EID: 84868371283     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1410     Document Type: Article

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