Impaired quality of life in adults and children with scabies from an impoverished community in Brazil

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-282

  Worth, Christine ^a   Heukelbach, Jorg ^b,c   Fengler, Gernot ^a,c   Walter, Birke ^a   Liesenfeld, Oliver ^a   Feldmeier, Hermann ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Fundacao Mandacaru   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BULLYING; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCABIES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SHAME; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCABIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857208969     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05017.x     Document Type: Article

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