Impacts of the diagnosis of leprosy and of visible impairments amongst people affected by leprosy in Cebu, the Philippines

Leprosy Review

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-120

  Boku, Noriko ^a   Lockwood, Diana N J ^a   Balagon, Maria Victoria ^b   Pardillo, Fe Eleanor F ^b   Maghanoy, Armi A ^b   Mallari, Irene B ^b   Cross, Hugh ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Leonard Wood Memorial Center for Leprosy Research Philippines   (Philippines)

^c ALM Prevention of Disability Consultant   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN DISEASE; STIGMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEPROSY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957370164     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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