An analysis of gender differences in patients with hand eczema - Everyday exposures, severity, and consequences

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-30

  Mollerup, Annette ^a   Veien, Niels Kren ^b   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Dermatology Clinic Aalborg   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aggravating factors; allergic contact dermatitis; irritant contact dermatitis; occupational; patient counselling; treatment

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HAND ECZEMA SEVERITY INDEX; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAND DERMATOSES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902533230     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12206     Document Type: Article

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