A qualitative study of the perceptions, practices and socio-psychological suffering related to chronic brugian filariasis in Kerala, southern India

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 839-845

  Suma, T K ^a   Shenoy, R K ^a   Kumaraswami, V ^b  

^a TD Medical College Hospital   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRUGIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

BRUGIA;

EID: 0346100484     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803225002435     Document Type: Review

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