The impact of podoconiosis on quality of life in Northern Ethiopia

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mousley, Elizabeth ^a   Deribe, Kebede ^a,b   Tamiru, Abreham ^c   Davey, Gail ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c International Orthodox Christian Charities ^*  (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Elephantiasis; Ethiopia; Neglected tropical diseases; Podoconiosis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PODOCONIOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880183631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-122     Document Type: Article

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