The frequency of common skin conditions in preschool-aged children in Australia: Seborrheic dermatitis and pityriasis capitis (cradle cap)

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 318-322

  Foley, Peter ^a   Zuo, Yeqin ^a   Plunkett, Anne ^a   Merlin, Kate ^a   Marks, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PITYRIASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DIAPER RASH; EXTREMITIES; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PITYRIASIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037341465     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.3.318     Document Type: Article

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