Knowledge of and attitudes to leprosy among patients and community members: A comparative study in Uttar Pradesh, India

Leprosy Review

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-68

  Barkataki, Pramila ^a   Kumar, Sheo ^a   Rao, P S S ^b  

^a Leprosy Mission Hospital   (India)

^b India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; LEPROSY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; LEPROSY; MALE; MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646475149     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: 03057518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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