Ectoparasitic infestations in homeless children

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-24

  Estrada, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMELESSNESS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIFE CYCLE; MYIASIS; PARASITOSIS; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULUS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES;

EID: 0037648854     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/spid.2003.127213     Document Type: Review

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