A nationwide survey of Trichophyton tonsurans infection among combat sport club members in Japan using a questionnaire form and the hairbrush method

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 622-626

  Shiraki, Yumi ^a   Hiruma, Masataro ^a   Hirose, Nobuyoshi ^b   Sugita, Takashi ^c   Ikeda, Shigaku ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Jaunted University   (Japan)

^c MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DANDRUFF; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TINEA CORPORIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 33644992911     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.11.1039     Document Type: Article

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