Incidence and determinants of chronic pruritus: A population-based cohort study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 532-537

  Matterne, Uwe ^a   Apfelbacher, Christian J ^a,c   Vogelgsang, Lena ^a   Loerbroks, Adrian ^b   Weisshaar, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pruritus; Determinants; Incidence; Longitudinal; Predictors; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883468436     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1572     Document Type: Article

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