Prevalence of tinea pedis in professional and college soccer players versus non-athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-54

  Pickup, Tiffany L ^a   Adams, Brian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete's foot; Sports dermatology; Tinea pedis

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TINEA PEDIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; TINEA PEDIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847139108     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31802ed88e     Document Type: Article

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