Foot Health: Athlete's Foot
Internet URL
http://www.apma.org/s_apma/doc.asp?CID=371&DID=9386 
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Sponsoring Agency
American Podiatric Medical Association
Description
The warmth and dampness of areas around swimming pools, showers, and locker rooms, are also breeding grounds for fungi. Because the infection was common among athletes who used these facilities frequently, the term athlete's foot became popular.