Community dermatology in Debre Markos: An attempt to define children's dermatological needs in a rural area of Ethiopia

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 666-671

  Murgia, Vitalia ^a   Bilcha, Kassahun Desalegn ^b   Shibeshi, Dagnachew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA STREPTOGENES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; NEVUS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PEDICULOSIS; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PITYRIASIS; PYODERMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SKIN DISEASE; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA FACIEI; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY CARE; DERMATOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DERMATOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954191103     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04284.x     Document Type: Article

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