Tinea capitis in children attending primary schools in Amsterdam South- East: Mainly Trichophyton tonsurans;Tinea capitis bij kinderen op de basisschoolleeftijd in Amsterdam Zuid- Oost: Vooral Trichophyton tonsurans

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-27

  Timen, A ^a   Bovee L ^b   Leentvaar Kuijpers, A ^b   Peerbooms, P G H ^b   Coutinho, R A ^b  

^a Gemeenschappelijke G   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SAMPLING; SCALP; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0033514059     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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