Frequency and risk factors of dermatophytosis in students living in rural areas in Eskişehir, Turkey

Mycopathologia

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-382

  Metintas, Selma ^a   Kiraz, Nuri ^b   Arslantas, Didem ^a   Akgun, Yurdanur ^b   Kalyoncu, Cemalettin ^a   Kiremitçi, Abdurrahman ^b   Unsal, Alaettin ^a  

^a Departments of Public Health

^b OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

dermatophytosis; prevalence; risk factors; students; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRODERMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOMYCOSES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; CANIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 3543025792     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000030447.78197.fb     Document Type: Article

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