The prevalence of common skin infections in four districts in Timor-Leste: A cross sectional survey

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  dos Santos, Milena M L ^a   Amaral, Salvador ^b   Harmen, Sonia P ^c   Joseph, Hayley M ^c   Fernandes, Jose L ^a   Counahan, Megan L ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Timor-Leste)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PYODERMA; SCABIES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIMOR-LESTE; YAWS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EAST TIMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PREVALENCE; PYODERMA; SCABIES; YAWS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949434965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-61     Document Type: Article

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