Dermatology in southwestern Ethiopia: Rationale for a community approach

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 752-758

  Figueroa, Jose I ^a,b   Fuller, Lucinda C ^a,b   Abraha, Aynalem ^a,b   Hay, Roderick J ^a,b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Jimma Institute for Health Sciences   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PEDICULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCABIES; SKIN INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031667748     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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