Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 6 , Pages 627-632 , June 2004

The prevalence of contact allergy differed between population-based and clinic-based data

  • Wolfgang Uter

      Affiliations

    • Information Network of Departments of Dermatology, University of Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str. 3, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
    • Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Waldstrasse 6, D-91054, Erlangen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-9131-8522750; fax: +49-131-8522721.
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  • Alika Ludwig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Klinikum Augsburg, Stenglinstr. 2, D-86156 Augsburg, Germany
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  • Bernd-Rüdiger Balda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Klinikum Augsburg, Stenglinstr. 2, D-86156 Augsburg, Germany
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  • Axel Schnuch

      Affiliations

    • Information Network of Departments of Dermatology, University of Göttingen, von-Siebold-Str. 3, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
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  • Annette Pfahlberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Waldstrasse 6, D-91054, Erlangen, Germany
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  • Torsten Schäfer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Lübeck, Beckergrube 43-47, D-23552 Lübeck, Germany
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  • H.-Erich Wichmann

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Epidemiology, GSF Neuherberg, Ingolstädter Landstrabe 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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  • Johannes Ring

      Affiliations

    • Division Environmental Dermatology and Allergology GSF/TUM, Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, Technical University of München, Biedersteiner Str. 29, D-80802 München, Germany

,Accepted 24 April 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.04.002

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 6 , Pages 627-632 , June 2004

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