Stigma associated with onchocercal skin disease among those affected near the Ofiki and Oyan Rivers in Western Nigeria

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 841-852

  Brieger, William R ^a   Oshiname, Frederick O ^a   Ososanya, Oladele O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ONCHOCERCIASIS; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; SELF ESTEEM; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TINEA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SICK ROLE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; STEREOTYPING;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031850762     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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