Effects of impairments on activities and participation in people affected by leprosy in the netherlands

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 536-543

  Slim, Frederik J ^a   Van Schie, Carine H ^a   Keukenkamp, Renske ^a   Faber, William R ^a   Nollet, Frans ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disabled persons; Leprosy; Personal autonomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953831396     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0569     Document Type: Article

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