Prevalence of skin diseases in Iraq: A community based study

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 734-739

  Al Samarai, Abdul Ghani Mohamed ^a  

^a TIKRIT UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN APPENDAGE DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URTICARIA;

ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67649206067     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03812.x     Document Type: Article

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