A measurement of the stigma among vitiligo and psoriasis patients in India

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-306

  Pichaimuthu, Rajan ^a   Ramaswamy, Premkumar ^a   Bikash, Kar ^a   Joseph, Richard ^a  

^a Schieffelin Institute of Health Research & Training   (India)

Author keywords

participation scale; psoriasis; social issues; Stigma; vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSORIASIS; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; VITILIGO; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 79955393954     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.79699     Document Type: Article

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