Commitment to reducing disability: The Brazilian experience

Leprosy Review

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-345

  Oliveira, M Leide W ^a   Grossi, M Aparecida F ^b   Oliveira, Carmelita F ^b   Sena N, SebastiãO A ^b   Daxbacher, Egon ^b   Penna, Gerson O ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b CGPNCH/SVS/MoH ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

BRAZIL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79251494469     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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