Prevalence of onychomycosis in Iceland: A population-based study [4]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 467-469

  Sigurgeirsson, Bárdur ^a   Steingrímsson, Ólafur ^a   Sveinsdóttir, Snjólaug ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; ICELAND; LETTER; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036967074     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155502762064665     Document Type: Letter

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