Can school teachers improve the management and prevention of skin disease? A pilot study based on head louse infestations in Guerrero, Mexico

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 826-830

  Paredes, Sergio S ^a,b,c   Estrada, Roberto ^a,b   Alarcon, H ^a,b   Chavez, Guadalupe ^a,b   Romero, Marina ^a,b   Hay, Roderick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MO Centra de Investigacion de Enfermedades Tropicales   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PEDICULUS; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASE; TEACHER;

EID: 0030813107     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1997.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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