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Prevalence of allergic conjunctivitis among basic school children in the Kumasi Metropolis (Ghana): a community-based cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: There seems a preponderance of hospital-based studies on the prevalence of Allergic Conjunctivitis (AC) compared to community-based ones, particularly among children in Ghana and Africa as a whole. Meanwhile, literature supports the possibility of underdiagnosing AC in the hospital setti...

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Autores principales:	Kumah, David Ben, Lartey, Seth Yaw, Yemanyi, Felix, Boateng, Evans Gyimah, Awuah, Emmanuel
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4488987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26134507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-015-0053-8

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