Rapid Village Survey to Determine the Size of the Leprosy Problem in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-57

  Pinitsoontorn, Somdej ^a   Schreuder, Pieter A M ^a,b   Chirawatkul, Aroon ^a   Srisaenpang, Sompong ^a   Piyasilpa, Piya ^a,b   Saowakontha, Sastri ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NSL Khon Kaen Project

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; THAILAND;

HUMANS; LEPROSY; PREVALENCE; THAILAND;

EID: 0029679567     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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