Ethnicity and other risk factors for acute lower limb cellulitis: A U.K.-based prospective case-control study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1288-1292

  Halpern, J ^a   Holder, R ^b   Langford, N J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cellulitis; Epidemiology; Erysipelas; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULITIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43749121130     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08489.x     Document Type: Article

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