Frequency and types of skin disorders and associated diabetes mellitus in elderly Jordanians

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 574-578

  Najdawi, F ^a   Fa'ouri, M ^a  

^a Royal Medical Services   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARASITOSIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSALITY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 10644291614     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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