Scabies among primary schoolchildren in Egypt: Sociomedical environmental study in Kafr El-Sheikh administrative area

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-111

  Salah Hegab, Doaa ^a   Mahfouz Kato, Abdullah ^a   Ali Kabbash, Ibrahim ^a   Maged Dabish, Ghada ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Child; Prevalence; Risk factors; Scabies; Social conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCABIES; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84923358360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CCID.S78287     Document Type: Article

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