Qualitative assessment of social, economic and medical needs for ex-leprosy patients living in leprosy villages in Shandong province, the People's Republic of China

Leprosy Review

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-347

  Chen, Shumin ^a   Chu, Tongsgeng ^a   Wang, Qihua ^a  

^a Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOOD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SICK ROLE;

EID: 31544433664     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: 03057518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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