Prevalence of skin diseases among male adolescent and post-adolescent boarding school students in Turkey

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 557-564

  Tuncel, A Almila ^a   Erbagci, Zülal ^a,b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Gazimuhtarpasa Bulvari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Boarding school residents; Male adolescents and post adolescents; Prevalence; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CALLOSITY; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERPES LABIALIS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INGROWN NAIL; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; KERATOLYSIS; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; NEURODERMATITIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PYODERMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; TINEA CRURIS; TINEA PEDIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERRUCA VULGARIS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 23944519618     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00798.x     Document Type: Article

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