Partner bereavement and risk of chronic urticaria, alopecia areata and vitiligo: cohort studies in the UK and Denmark

Br J Dermatol. 2020 Oct;183(4):761-763. doi: 10.1111/bjd.19122. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Authors

A Y S Wong¹, A Kjaersgaard², T Frøslev², H J Forbes^{1

3}, K E Mansfield¹, R J Silverwood^{1

4}, H T Sørensen², L Smeeth^{1

3}, S A J Schmidt^{2

5}, S M Langan^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
³ Health Data Research, UK.
⁴ Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Department of Social Science, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

PMID: 32282926
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.19122

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alopecia Areata* / epidemiology
Bereavement*
Chronic Urticaria*
Cohort Studies
Denmark / epidemiology
Humans
United Kingdom / epidemiology
Vitiligo*

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