High prevalence of tinea capitis in newly arrived migrants at an English-language school, Melbourne, 2005

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-16

  McPherson, Michelle E ^a,b   Woodgyer, Alan J ^c   Simpson, Kleete ^a   Chong, Alvin H ^c,d  

^a Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; NAIL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCALP; SKIN EXAMINATION; SUDAN; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 49649125121     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01887.x     Document Type: Article

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