Impact of Chikungunya on Health Related Quality of Life Chennai, South India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Ramachandran, Vidya ^a   Malaisamy, Muniyandi ^b   Ponnaiah, Manickam ^a   Kaliaperuaml, Kanagasabai ^a   Vadivoo, Selvaraj ^a   Gupte, Mohan Digambar ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

EID: 84871244366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051519     Document Type: Article

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