Patient and health services delay in the diagnosis of leprosy in Kaduna State, Nigeria [1]

Leprosy Review

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-82

  Post, Erik ^a  

^a NLD Leprosy Relief Repr Off W B   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE FINDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LETTER; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037345887     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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