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Quality of Life (QoL) in Relation to Occupational Skin Diseases

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Kanerva's Occupational Dermatology

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Different instruments for assessment of QoL are compared and discussed. The influence of demographic and disease-related factors on HR-QoL is discused, and the importance of including HR-QoL instruments as outcomes in clinical trials is emphasized

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Science, Copenhagen, 2400, NV, Denmark

    Dr. Tove Agner (Associate Professor)

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  2. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  3. Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Swen-Malte John

  4. Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Agner, T. (2012). Quality of Life (QoL) in Relation to Occupational Skin Diseases. In: Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., John, SM., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Kanerva's Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02035-3_3

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