Recent advances in podoconiosis

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 377-382

  Davey, G ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEROON; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FOOT CARE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PODOCONIOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

CAMEROON; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 67650477630     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485909X451762     Document Type: Review

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