Adult eczema in Italy: Prevalence and associations with environmental factors

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1180-1187

  Pesce, G ^a   Marcon, A ^a   Carosso, A ^b   Antonicelli, L ^c   Cazzoletti, L ^a   Ferrari, M ^a   Fois, A G ^d   Marchetti, P ^a   Olivieri, M ^e   Pirina, P ^d   Pocetta, G ^f   Tassinari, R ^g   Verlato, G ^a   Villani, S ^h   De Marco, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b CPA ASL TO 2   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e Unit of Occupational Medicine   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); ONSET AGE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; TRAFFIC; UNEMPLOYMENT; CLIMATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; CLIMATE; COMORBIDITY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929614619     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12784     Document Type: Article

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