Quality of life in leprosy: A comparative analysis between patients in the Amazon region and patients in Santo André in the ABC region of São Paulo, Brazil;Qualidade de vida em hanseníase: Análise comparativa entre pacientes da região Amazônica com pacientes da região do ABC

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 939-941

  Proto, Rodrigo Sestito ^a   Santos Machado Filho, Carlos D'Apparecida ^a   Rehder, José Ricardo Carvalho Lima ^a   Paixão, Maurício Pedreira ^a   Angelucci, Rodrigo Interlandi ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leprosy; Quality of life indexes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEPROSY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BRAZIL; HUMANS; LEPROSY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79951607148     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0365-05962010000600030     Document Type: Article

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