The prevalence of skin conditions in Romanian school children

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 891-896

  Popescu, R ^a   Popescu, C M ^a   Williams, H C ^b   Forsea, D ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic index; General population; Prevalence; Romanian schoolchildren; Skin conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; KERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PITYRIASIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; URTICARIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHEILITIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; KERATOSIS; MALE; NEVUS; PITYRIASIS; PREVALENCE; ROMANIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; URTICARIA; WARTS;

EID: 0032965872     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02821.x     Document Type: Article

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