Quality of life, perceived stigma, activity and participation of people with leprosy-related disabilities in south-east Nepal

Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-34

  Brouwers, Corline ^a   van Brakel, Wim H ^a   Cornielje, Huib ^a   Pokhrel, Paras ^a   Dhakal, Krishna P ^a   Banstola, Nandlal ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity; Disability; Leprosy; Nepal; Participation; Perceived stigma; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857538066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22115242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5463/DCID.v22.i1.15     Document Type: Article

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