A pseudo-outbreak of skin disease in British troops

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 552-556

  Croft, Ashley ^a   Smith, Harvey ^b   Creamer, Ian ^c  

^a Hq Multinational Division Southwest   (Croatia)

^b Cable Factory   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c Tom Factory   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MASS MEDIUM; MILITARY MEDICINE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0029862099     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689608901004     Document Type: Article

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