Socioeconomic implications of Buruli ulcer in Ghana: A three-year review

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1015-1022

  Asiedu, Kingsley ^a,b   Etuaful, Samuel ^a  

^a St Martins Catholic Hospital   (Ghana)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SKIN ULCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032429284     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.1015     Document Type: Article

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