Tinea capitis in south-western Ethiopia: A study of risk factors for infection and carriage

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 661-666

  Figueroa, Jose Ignacio ^a   Hawranek, Thomas ^b   Abraha, Aynalem ^c   Hay, Roderick James ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCALP HAIR; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 0030850547     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1997.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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