Factors associated with remission of eczema in children: A population-based follow-up study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-184

  von Kobyletzki, Laura B ^a,b   Bornehag, Carl Gustaf ^b   Breeze, Elizabeth ^c   Larsson, Malin ^b   Boman Lindström, Cecilia ^b   Svensson, Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Epidemiology; Longitudinal study; Preschool child; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 84894091649     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1681     Document Type: Article

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