Hand eczema, atopic dermatitis and filaggrin mutations in adult Danes: a registry-based study assessing risk of disability pension

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 95-105

  Heede, Nina G ^a   Thuesen, Betina H ^b   Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Linneberg, Allan ^b,c,d   Szecsi, Pal B ^a   Stender, Steen ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; disability pension; filaggrin null mutations; hand eczema; risk occupation

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENSION; ADOLESCENT; DENMARK; DISABILITY; GENETICS; HAND DISEASE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018530932     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12786     Document Type: Article

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