Pediculose capitis: prevalência em escolares da Rede Municipal Pública de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil Pediculosis capitis: prevalence in students of the public school network of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brasil

<abstract language="eng">During 1985, 50,356 children and adolecents from 105 public schools of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State were questioned about or examined for head lice (Pediculus capitis). The mean prevalence of pediculosis, obtainde from the questionnaires and sometimes c...

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Main Authors: Pedro Marcos Linardi, Mário de Maria, José Ramiro Botelho, Horácio Capistrano Cunha, João Batista Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1989-01-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761989000800057