Impact of Community-Based Lymphedema Management on Perceived Disability among Patients with Lymphatic Filariasis in Orissa State, India

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Budge, Philip J ^a   Little, Kristen M ^a   Mues, Katherine E ^a,b   Kennedy, Erin D ^a   Prakash, Aiysha ^c   Rout, Jonathan ^c   Fox, LeAnne M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Church's Auxiliary for Social Action East Zone   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875979841     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002100     Document Type: Article

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