Mild eczema affects self-perceived health among pre-adolescent girls

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 312-316

  Ballardini, Natalia ^a,b   Östblom, Eva ^a   Wahlgren, Carl Fredrik ^b   Kull, Inger ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Comorbidity; Eczema; General health; HRQOL; Rhinitis; Self perceived health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRATCHING; SELF PERCEIVED HEALTH; AGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84899924115     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1738     Document Type: Article

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