Epidemiology of Skin Diseases in School Children: A Study from Northern India

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 470-473

  Dogra, Sunil ^a   Kumar, Bhushan ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFESTATION; KERATINIZATION; KERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PITYRIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SKIN DISEASES; SUBURBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0347064154     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2003.20602.x     Document Type: Article

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