Disrupted social connectedness among Dominican women with chronic filarial lymphedema

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-286

  Person, Bobbie ^a   Bartholomew, L Kay ^b   Addiss, David ^c   van den Borne, Bart ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c Fetzer Institute Kalamazoo   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lymphatic filariasis; Lymphedema; Social support; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 35148851083     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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