Racial and Ethnic Differences in Atopic Dermatitis-Related School Absences Among US Children

Joy Wan; David J Margolis; Nandita Mitra; Ole J Hoffstad; Junko Takeshita

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0597

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Atopic Dermatitis-Related School Absences Among US Children

JAMA Dermatol. 2019 Aug 1;155(8):973-975. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.0597.

Authors

Joy Wan¹, David J Margolis^{1

2}, Nandita Mitra², Ole J Hoffstad², Junko Takeshita^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines data from the Pediatric Eczema Elective Registry to assess associations of race/ethnicity with school absences attributed to atopic dermatitis in US school-aged children (6 to 17 years).