Stigma and the social burden of neglected tropical diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Weiss, Mitchell G ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEPROSY; MORALITY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PLAGUE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STIGMA; SYMPTOM; TROPICAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 48949107747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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