Exclusion of students with conjunctivitis from school: Policies of State Departments of Health

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-105

  Ohnsman, Christina M ^a,b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL;

EID: 34247539126     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20070301-03     Document Type: Article

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