Observations on the procedural aspects and health effects of scarification in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 217-221

  Ayeni, Olubimpe A ^a   Ayeni, Olubukunola O ^a   Jackson, Robert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ART; ATROPHY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; LICHEN PLANUS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SCAR FORMATION; SOCIAL CLASS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND HEALING;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CICATRIX; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS;

EID: 37549027996     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2007.00026     Document Type: Review

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