Extent and correlates of leprosy stigma in Rural India

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-174

  Rao, P S S ^a   Raju, M S ^a   Barkataki, A ^b   Nanda, N K ^b   Kumar, Sandeep ^b  

^a India   (India)

^b Leprosy Mission Community Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Leprosy; Rural India; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEFORMITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIGMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 66149149515     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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