The epidemiology of onychomycoses in Crete, Greece, between 1992 and 2001

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-174

  Ioannidou, D J ^a   Maraki, Sofia ^a   Krasagakis, S K ^a   Tosca, A ^a   Tselentis, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Greece; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DERMATOPHYTE; FEMALE; FINGERNAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOULD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YEAST; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; HAND DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; GREECE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646244989     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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