Tinea capitis infection in school children of Nepal

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 126-130

  Basnet, Sangeeta Baral ^a   Basnet, Narayan Bahadur ^b   Hiruma, Masataro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nepal; Risk factors; School children; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton violaceum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 37849184948     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.11.126     Document Type: Article

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