Knowledge and beliefs about elephantiasis and hydrocele of lymphatic filariasis and some socio-demographic determinants in an endemic community of Eastern India

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-127

  Babu, B V ^a   Hazra, R K ^a   Chhotray, G P ^a   Satyanarayana, K ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Beliefs; India; Knowledge; Lymphatic filariasis; Orissa; Social aspects

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; DISEASE VECTOR; FILARIASIS; KNOWLEDGE; MOSQUITO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EDUCATION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOSQUITO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KHURDA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0742302578     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00144-6     Document Type: Article

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