PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS: PREVALENCE AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN LIVING IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN KAYSERI, TURKEY

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GULGUN M., BALCI E., KARAOGLU A., BABACAN O., TURKER T.

CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol.21, no.2, pp.104-108, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.21101/cejph.a3750
  • Journal Name: CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.104-108
  • Keywords: pediculosis capitis, prevalence, schoolchildren, Turkey
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of pediculosis capitis in schoolchildren living in rural and urban areas in Kayseri, a city located in central Anatolia in Turkey.