Scabies

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 232-235

  Gibbs, Sam ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MITE; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; UNITED KINGDOM;

HUMAN; SCABIES;

EID: 0033772680     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550003000419     Document Type: Article

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