Skin Diseases in Tropical Africa
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 27 (3) , 187-189
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-4362.1988.tb04930.x
Abstract
Diseases, ignorance, and poverty are linked in a vicious web in Africa. Economic changes (foreign debts) and frequent political instability (eg, due to military coups), refugee influx, and industrialization have had profound effects on skin diseases. The interaction of these influences on skin diseases is discussed, and suggestions are made to bring about some improvement.Keywords
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