Prevalence of scabies and head lice among children in a welfare home in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 442-446

  Muhammad Zayyid, M ^a   Saidatul Saadah, R ^a   Adil, A R ^a   Rohela, M ^a   Jamaiah, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PEDICULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCABIES; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCABIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78650765883     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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