Prevalence of skin disorders among male primary school children in the City of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-61

  Zimmo, Sameer Kh ^a   Qari, Muhammad A ^a   El Gamal, Fathi M ^b   Kordy, Muhammad N ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Community Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Skin diseases in children; Skin disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042109291     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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