01013nas a2200241 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002800055653001900083653001100102653001200113653003900125653001200164653001700176653001800193653001500211100001300226245003700239300001100276490000700287520046300294022001400757 1987 d c1987 Mar10aCross-Sectional Studies10aDermatomycoses10aHumans10aleprosy10aonchocerciasis elimination mapping10aPoverty10aSierra Leone10aSkin Diseases10aSkin Ulcer1 aStingl P00a[Skin diseases in Sierra Leone]. a146-540 v383 a
Today there is no Third World country in Africa that offers sufficient basic services for skin diseases. This paper describes the distribution and clinical aspects of skin diseases in school children, soldiers, the city population and villagers of Sierra Leone. Poverty-linked types of dermatosis play a major role throughout the country. The high prevalence rates and clinical degree make skin diseases a severe public health problem in Sierra Leone.
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