Effects of environment and education on knowledge and attitude of nursing students towards leprosy

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-43

  Rajkumar, E ^a   Julious, S ^a   Salome, A ^a   Jennifer, G ^a   John, As ^a   Kannan, L ^a   Richard, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Attitude; Karigiri; Knowledge; Leprosy; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEPROSY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NURSING STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL WELFARE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 79957501889     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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