Quality of life in filarial lymphoedema patients in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-224

  Wijesinghe, R S ^a   Wickremasinghe, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Acute adenolymphangitis; Filarial lymphoedema; Lymphatic filariasis; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REST; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SRI LANKA; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949106265     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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