Health Related Quality of Life, an appropriate indicator to assess the impact of morbidity management and disability prevention activities towards elimination of lymphatic filariasis

Filaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kumari, A Krishna ^a   Krishnamoorthy, K ^a   Harichandrakumar, K T ^a   Das, L K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISABILITY; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUPERINFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WELLBEING;

EID: 35148847351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-6-8     Document Type: Article

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