Community dermatology comes of age - Report of an international workshop in Atlanta, USA September 13/14, 2004

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-190

  Hay, Roderick J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYDROQUININE; IVERMECTIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY; DIABETIC FOOT; FILARIASIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEPROSY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PYODERMA; SCABIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; UNITED STATES; WORKSHOP;

COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DERMATOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33644784805     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02730.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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