The economic loss due to treatment costs and work loss to individuals with chronic lymphatic filariasis in rural communities of Orissa, India

Acta Tropica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-38

  Babu, B V ^a   Nayak, A N ^a   Dhal, K ^a   Acharya, A S ^a   Jangid, P K ^a   Mallick, G ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Disability; Economic loss; Elephantiasis; Hydrocele; India; Lymphatic filariasis; Orissa

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE; RURAL ECONOMY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX;

ABSENTEEISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EFFICIENCY; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

INDIA;

EID: 0036130298     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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