Disability and rehabilitation in leprosy: Issues and challenges

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-337

  Srinivasan, H ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DEFORMITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPROSY; LEPROSY EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ULCER;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033659291     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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