Public health and dermatology in developing countries;Dermatologie et santé publique dans les pays en voie de développement

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 351-356

  Mahe A ^a,d   Faye, O ^b   Fanello, S ^c  

^a Institut dHygiene Sociale Dakar   (Senegal)

^b Centre National d'Appui a la Lutte Contre la Maladie   (Mali)

^c UFR de Médecine d'Angers   (France)

^d NONE   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Developing country; Public health; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; AUTHORITY; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETHALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MYCOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PYODERMA; REVIEW; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 1442265578     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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