Skin disorders among male schoolchildren in the Asir Region, southwestern Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 342-345

  Abolfotouh, Mostafa A ^a   Abu Zeid, Hassan A H ^a   Bahamdan, Khalid ^a   Abdel Aziz, Mostafa ^a   Bassuni, Wagih A ^b   Eid, Osama ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARIER DISEASE; ECZEMA; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; MALE; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PITYRIASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; URBAN AREA; URTICARIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

EID: 0030012374     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.342     Document Type: Article

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