Prevalence of pediculosis capitis and determination of risk factors in primary-school children in Kerman

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 988-992

  Kamiabi, F ^a   Nakhaei, F Hosain ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PEDICULUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BATHS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; IRAN; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; PEDICULUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCALP DERMATOSES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33744802350     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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