Onychomycosis in primary school children: Association with socioeconomic conditions

Mycoses

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 431-433

  Gunduz, Turan ^a   Metin, Dilek Yesim ^b   Sacar, Tuncer ^c   Hilmioglu, Süleyha ^b   Baydur, Hakan ^a   Inci, Ramazan ^b   Tümbay, Emel ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Vatan Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Dermatophyte; Onychomycosis; Prevalence; Socioeconomic conditions; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASE; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOSPORON; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CANDIDA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOSPORON; TURKEY;

EID: 39049186912     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01268.x     Document Type: Article

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