Understanding U.S. Healthcare Providers' Practices and Experiences with Molluscum Contagiosum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Hughes, Christine M ^a   Damon, Inger K ^a   Reynolds, Mary G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATOLOGIST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNIST; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OBSTETRICIAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SKIN DEFECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885412973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076948     Document Type: Article

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