A national survey of skin infections, care behaviors and MRSA knowledge in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Wilder, Jocelyn R ^a   Wegener, Duane T ^b   David, Michael Z ^a   Macal, Charles ^a,c   Daum, Robert ^a   Lauderdale, Diane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; SELF CARE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UNITED STATES; WOUND CARE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANDAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939778561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104277     Document Type: Article

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