The emerging story of disability associated with lymphatic filariasis: A critical review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Zeldenryk, Lynne Michelle ^a   Gray, Marion ^a   Speare, Richard ^a   Gordon, Susan ^a   Melrose, Wayne ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DISABLED PERSON; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS;

DISABLED PERSONS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84855290541     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001366     Document Type: Review

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