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The Epidemiology of Pruritus

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Epidemiology is the discipline concerned with disease frequency and the associations between risk factors and outcome in the population. Assessment of disease in the community is an important measure not only for the purpose of health planning but also for the understanding of associations between diseases and factors in the environment, as well as meeting the demands and investigating factors of importance to prevent disease in the population.1, 2

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  1. Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo and Judge Baker Children’s Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Florence Dalgard

  2. Department of Clinical Social Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Elke Weisshaar

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  1. Dept. Dermatologie, CHU Brest, Brest, 29200, France

    Laurent Misery

  2. Medizinische Einrichtungen, Klinik und Poliklinik für, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 56, Münster, 48149, Germany

    Sonja Ständer

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Dalgard, F., Weisshaar, E. (2010). The Epidemiology of Pruritus. In: Misery, L., Ständer, S. (eds) Pruritus. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-322-8_11

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