Epidemiology of scabies

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 126-150

  Green, Manfred S ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL BENZOATE; LINDANE; PERMETHRIN; SULFIRAM; SULFUR;

AGE; ARTHROPOD; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCABIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WAR;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES;

EID: 0024467559     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036033     Document Type: Article

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