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Prevalence of head lice and hygiene practices among women over twelve years of age in Sindh, Balochistan, and North West Frontier Province: National Health Survey of Pakistan, 1990-1994

BACKGROUND: Head lice infestation is an infection of the scalp and skin which causes blood loss, discomfort, and social and psychological distress with the possibility of secondary bacterial infections occurring at scratch sites. In Pakistan, although some small scale studies have been conducted to...

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Autores principales: Mahmud, Sadia, Pappas, Gregory, Hadden, Wilbur C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21288357
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-11