Screening for skin diseases among primary school children in a rural area of Puducherry

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 268-

  Saurabh, Suman ^a   Sahu, Swaroop K ^a   Sadishkumar, Aswanthi C ^a   Kakkanattu, Jibin ^a   Prapath, Indumathi ^a   Ralte, Isaac Lalfakzuala ^a   Kar, Viravo ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AWARENESS; BURN; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CHILD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DERMATITIS; FOLLICULITIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ICHTHYOSIS; KELOID; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PEDICULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PITYRIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PYODERMA; RURAL AREA; SCABIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; TINEA CAPITIS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VITILIGO;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84875700001     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.107664     Document Type: Letter

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