Risk factors and co-morbidity of skin disorders among female schoolchildren in eastern Saudi Arabia

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-212

  Al Saeed, Wafa Y ^a   Al Dawood, Kasim M ^a   Bukhari, Igbal A ^a   Bahnassy, Ahmed A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Al Khobar; Prevalence; Risk factors; Saudi Arabia; Skin disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING; DANDRUFF; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDICULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34547108365     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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