The prevalence of tinea pedis and tinea manuum in adults in rural areas in Turkey

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 379-386

  Kiraz, Nuri ^a   Metintas, Selma ^a   Oz, Yasemin ^a   Koc, Filiz ^a   Koku Aksu, Esra Ayse ^a   Kalyoncu, Cemalettin ^a   Kasifoglu, Nilgun ^a   Cetin, Esin ^a   Arkan, Inci ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

microbiology; prevalence; therapy; tinea manuum; tinea pedis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; HENNA;

ADULT; COMPLIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; HYGIENE; LESION; OBESITY; POTASSIUM; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOPHYTOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LAWSONIA INERMIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TINEA MANUUM; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TINEA PEDIS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

TURKEY;

LAWSONIA INERMIS; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 77956925988     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2010.484861     Document Type: Article

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