The Association between Bathing Habits and Severity of Atopic Dermatitis in Children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 176-181

  Koutroulis, Ioannis ^a,b   Pyle, Tia ^a,b   Kopylov, David ^b   Little, Anthony ^b   Gaughan, John ^c   Kratimenos, Panagiotis ^a,b  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; bathing; children; eczema; SCORAD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BATH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BATHS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84954100737     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922815594346     Document Type: Article

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