Awareness and attitudes towards leprosy in urban slums of Kolkata, India

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 135-140

  John, A S ^a   Rao, P S S S ^b  

^a TLM Hospital   (India)

^b India   (India)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Awareness; Leprosy; Survey; Urban slums

Indexed keywords

LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCREENING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953973464     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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