Assessing the influence of actinic keratosis on patients' quality of life: The AKQoL questionnaire

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-283

  Esmann, S ^a   Vinding, Gabrielle R ^a   Christensen, K B ^a   Jemec, G B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ACTINIC KERATOSIS QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873151503     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12036     Document Type: Article

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