Tinea capitis in Iraq: Laboratory results

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 138-148

  Fathi, H I ^a   Al Samarai, A M ^a  

^a TIKRIT UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAIR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MYCOLOGY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0033765782     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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