Review of leprosy cases in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 1994-98

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 1098-1102

  Toweir, A A ^a   Chaudhary, R C ^a  

^a AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LIBYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034261547     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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