Ringworm of the scalp in primary-school children in Alexandria: Infection and carriage

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 961-967

  Omar, A A ^a  

^a High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TINEA CAPITIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; TINEA CAPITIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034261508     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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