Leprosy situation in the slums of Agra City - Epidemiological findings

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-245

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Yadav, V S ^a   Girdhar, A ^a   Girdhar, B K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28444485972     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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