Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 3-12

  Penna, Maria Lúcia Fernandes ^a   Penna, Gerson Oliveira ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Communicable disease control; Epidemiology; Leprosy; World health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEPROSY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; LEPROSY; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84871477060     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000900002     Document Type: Article

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