Tinea capitis among primary school children in some parts of central Nigeria

Mycoses

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 336-340

  Ayanbimpe, Grace M ^a   Taghir, Henry ^b   Diya, Abigail ^a   Wapwera, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b General Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Gboko; Jos; School children; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton soudanense

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EUROTIALES; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM FERRUGINEUM; NIGERIA; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MICROSPORUM; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANIMALIA; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM FERRUGINEUM; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE;

EID: 44849106392     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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