Open AccessTrends in the epidemiology and prescribing of medication for eczema in England
Author(s) -
Colin R Simpson,
John Newton,
Julia HippisleyCox,
Aziz Sheikh
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1258/jrsm.2009.080211
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , confidence interval , population , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics , pharmacology
The prevalence of eczema, particularly in younger children, increased substantially over the second half of the 20th century. Analysis of primary healthcare data-sets offers the possibility to advance understanding about the changing epidemiology of eczema.
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