Prevalence of skin diseases in rural areas of Assiut Governorate, Upper Egypt

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 887-892

  Abdel Hafez, Kamal ^a   Abdel Aty, Mahmoud Attia ^a   Hofny, Eman R M ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PITYRIASIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0344444647     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01936.x     Document Type: Article

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