Epidemiology of leprosy in urban Agra

Leprosy Review

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-34

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Girdhar, Anita ^a   Girdhar, B K ^b  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LEPROSY EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037347653     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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