Comparison of four methods for assessment of severity of hand eczema

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-111

  Agner, Tove ^a   Jungersted, Jacob Mutanu ^a   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^b   Diepgen, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PHOTO GUIDE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HAND ECZEMA SEVERITY INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; RASH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880599776     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12039     Document Type: Article

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