Knowledge attitude and practices about leprosy in a fishing community in Karachi Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 936-940

  Nisar, Nighat ^a,d   Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed ^b   Qadri, Majid Hafeez ^c   Shah, Pir Ghulam Nabi ^c  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b AL Mansoor Hospital Taif   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d Baqai Medical University ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Knowledge; Leprosy; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; FEMALE; FISHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LEPROSY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 36949006755     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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