Leprosy elimination campaign and its impending fallout

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 667-669

  Bhattacharya, Sabmit N ^a,b   Sehgal, Virender N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Sehgal Nursing Home   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEPROSY; NOTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; URBANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LEPROSY;

EID: 0033807650     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2000.00002.x     Document Type: Note

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