Factors mediating the impact of chronic pruritus on quality of life

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 613-620

  Carr, Christopher W ^a   Veledar, Emir ^a   Chen, Suephy C ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PRURITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLDIER; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VETERAN;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VETERANS;

EID: 84902258235     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.7696     Document Type: Article

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