Prevalence of tinea capitis and the causative agent among school children in Gondar, North West Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-269

  Ali, Jemal ^a   Yifru, Sisay ^a   Woldeamanuel, Yimtubezinash ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 77949318984     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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