The proportion of medical consultations motivated by skin diseases in the health centers of Bamako (Republic of Mali)

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-186

  Mahé, Antoine ^a   N'Diaye, Hawa Thiam ^b   Bobin, Pierre ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0030930497     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1997.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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