The epidemiological behaviour of leprosy in Brazil

Leprosy Review

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 332-344

  Penna, Maria Lucia Fernandes ^a   De Oliveira, Maria Leide Van Del Rey ^a,b   Penna, Gerson Oliveira ^c,d  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Federal Ministry of Health   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; TREATMENT DURATION;

BRAZIL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 73249126026     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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