Filariasis in northern Ghana: Some cultural beliefs and practices and their implications for disease control

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-242

  Gyapong, M ^a   Gyapong, J O ^a   Adjei, S ^a   Vlassoff, C ^a   Weiss, M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Elephantiasis; Hydrocele; Lymphatic filariasis; Socio cultural perceptions

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHINESE DRUG;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GHANA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGLECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CULTURAL ATTITUDES; DISEASE CONTROL; FILARIASIS;

GHANA;

EID: 0029669905     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00365-7     Document Type: Article

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