Sociocultural considerations in the treatment of leprosy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leprosy Review

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 356-365

  White, Cassandra ^a  

^a SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOFAZIMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; VIOLENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEPROSY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036947702     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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