Onychomycosis in icelandic swimmers

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 376-377

  Gudnadóttir, Gunnhildur ^a   Hilmarsdóttir, Ingibjörg ^a   Sigurgeirsson, Bárdur ^a,b,c  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b Reykjavik City Hospital   (Iceland)

^c Hudlaeknastodin ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

Onychomycosis; Swimmers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TOE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0032878555     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750010319     Document Type: Article

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