Cost-effective footwear for leprosy control programmes: A study in rural Ethiopia

Leprosy Review

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 208-216

  Seboka, Girma ^a   Saunderson, Paul ^a  

^a All Africa Leprosy Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SHOE; ULCER; WORKSHOP;

EID: 0029840782     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19960022     Document Type: Article

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