Factors contributing to delay in diagnosis and start of treatment of leprosy: Analysis of help-seeking narratives in northern Bangladesh and in West Bengal, India

Leprosy Review

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-47

  Nicholls, P G ^a   Chhina, N ^a   Bro, A K ^b   Barkataki, P ^c   Kumar, R ^c   Withington, S G ^d   Smith, W C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b c/o The Leprosy Mission ^*  (Denmark)

^c India   (India)

^d Danish Bangladesh Leprosy Mission   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 19844366215     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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