Footcare among lymphoedema patients attending a filariasis clinic in South India: A study of knowledge and practice

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-324

  Babu, B V ^a   Nayak, A N ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FOOT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE; SUPERINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANDAGES; CHILD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOES;

EID: 0038147005     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803235001705     Document Type: Article

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