Public Health Burden and Epidemiology of Atopic Dermatitis

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 283-289

  Silverberg, Jonathan I ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Atopic dermatitis; Children; Cost; Eczema; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Severity

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT DISEASE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECONOMICS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018758311     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2017.02.002     Document Type: Review

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