Prevalence of asymptomatic carriers and cases of tinea capitis in five to six-year-old preschool children from Augsburg, Germany: Results from the MIRIAM study [3]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 749-750

  Möhrenschlager, Matthias ^a   Bruckbauer, Harald ^a   Seidl, Hans P ^a   Ring, Johannes ^a   Hofmann, Heidelore ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 23744475249     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000172909.73601.dc     Document Type: Letter

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