Trends in new leprosy case detection over 57 years (1952-2008) in Yuxi, Yunnan province of Southwest China

Leprosy Review

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-16

  Li, Yu Ye ^a   Li, Xiao An ^b   Li, He ^a   Wang, Dong ^c,d   Chen, Wen Ying ^a   Chen, Liang ^b   Lu, Jian Bo ^b   Yao, Yong Gang ^c  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yuxi City Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEPROSY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEPROSY, MULTIBACILLARY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79957496334     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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