Dermatophytosis Among School Children: Domestic Animals as Predisposing Factor in Sokoto, Nigeria
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عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1028-8880
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2004.1109.1112