Health-seeking behaviors and self-care practices of Dominican women with lymphoedema of the leg: Implications for lymphoedema management programs

Filaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Person, Bobbie ^a   Addiss, David G ^a   Bartholomew, Leona Kay ^b   Meijer, Cecilia ^a   Pou, Victor ^c   van den Borne, Bart ^d  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Dirección Nacional de Control de Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual y SIDA   (Dominican Republic)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 33846661101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-5-13     Document Type: Article

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