Tinea pedis et unguium in the Muslim community of Durban, South Africa

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 759-765

  Raboobee, Noufal ^a,b   Aboobaker, Jamila ^a   Peer, Abdool Kader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSLEM; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TINEA PEDIS; YEAST;

ADULT; AGED; BATHS; CANDIDA; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SKIN; SOUTH AFRICA; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0031715646     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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