Differences in disease-specific quality of life in patients with actinic keratosis in Australia and Denmark

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-28

  Miller, Iben Marie ^a,b   Vinding, Gabrielle ^a,b   Zarchi, Kian ^a,b   Esmann, Solveig ^a,b   Murrell, Dedee F ^c,d   Jemec, Gregor B ^a,b  

^a ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; Australia; Denmark; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ACTINIC KERATOSIS QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; AWARENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84964265160     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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