Magnitude and associated factors of Atopic dermatitis among children in Ayder referral hospital, Mekelle, Ethiopia

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kelbore, Abraham Getachew ^a   Alemu, Workalemahu ^a   Shumye, Ashenafi ^a   Getachew, Sefonias ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Cross sectional study; Institutional based study; Magnitude

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF WEANING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTHER; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WEANING; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84960112093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12895-015-0034-x     Document Type: Article

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