Risk factors associated with onychomycosis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-51

  Sigurgeirsson, B ^a,b   Steingrimsson O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b NONE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Onychomycosis; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINEA PEDIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0742306911     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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