Prevalence survey of dermatological conditions in mountainous north India

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 579-587

  Grills, Nathan ^a,b   Grills, Claire ^c   Spelman, Tim ^d   Stoove, Mark ^b,d   Hellard, Margaret ^b,d   El Hayek, Carol ^d   Singh, Rajesh ^e  

^a Victorian Department of Health   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e Chamba Christian Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; STEROID;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CARBUNCLE; CHILD; CHLOASMA; CONGENITAL NEVUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA STREPTOGENES; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INDIA; INGROWN NAIL; INTERVIEW; KELOID; KERATOSIS PILARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA DERMATITIS; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; METHODOLOGY; NEURODERMATITIS; PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS; PERIORAL DERMATITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; SCABIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN CARE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIETY; STOMATITIS; TINEA; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA CRURIS; TINEA FACIEI; TINEA PEDIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; URTICARIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS; X LINKED ICHTHYOSIS; XANTHELASMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PITYRIASIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860009924     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05131.x     Document Type: Article

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