Community diagnosis of common skin diseases in the Zay community of the Zeway Islands, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-194

  Leekassa, Ruth ^a   Bizuneh, Elisabeth ^a   Alem, Atalay ^a   Fekadu, Abebaw ^a   Shibre, Teshome ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN DISEASE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33644875241     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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