Psychosocial factors and chronic spontaneous urticaria: A systematic review

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-141

  Ben Shoshan, M ^a   Blinderman, I ^b   Raz, A ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

behaviour; mind body interaction; psychology; psychosocial factors; urticaria

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC SPONTANEOUS URTICARIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URTICARIA;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUEBEC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URTICARIA;

EID: 84872371349     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12068     Document Type: Review

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