Prevalence of skin disorders in school children in Ibadan, Nigeria

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-10

  Ogunbiyi, A O ^a   Owoaje, Eme ^a   Ndahi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHEILITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MYCOSIS; NIGERIA; PAPULAR URTICARIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCABIES; SCAR; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 12944314893     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2005.22101.x     Document Type: Article

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