Upward trend in the rate of detection of new cases of leprosy in the state of Bahia, Brazil

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 308-317

  Cunha, Sérgio S ^a   Rodrigues, Laura C ^c   Moreira, Shirlei ^b   Carvalho, Luis C ^b   Barreto, Mauricio L ^a   Dourado, Inês ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria da Saude do Estado da Bahia   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035737809     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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