Characteristics of office-based physician visits for cutaneous fungal infections: An analysis of 1990 to 1994 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Data

Cutis

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-202

  Smith, Edward S ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Williford, Phillip M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TINEA; TINEA VERSICOLOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS, CUTANEOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; TINEA; TINEA VERSICOLOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036514973     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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