@article{771,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Treatment Refusal},
  author = {Myint T and Htoon M T and Win M and Yin C},
  title = {Risk factors among defaulters in the urban leprosy control centre of Thaketa Township in the city of Yangon, Myanmar, 1986.},
  abstract = {<p>A total of 884 registered cases from the city of Yangon were retrospectively analysed. The defaulter proportion among cases registered for treatment at the Thaketa Health Centre was 34.16%. It was established that patient sex and occupation are not a factor in defaulting. Paucibacillary cases and cases with no disability are more likely to default.</p>},
  year = {1992},
  journal = {Leprosy review},
  volume = {63},
  pages = {345-9},
  month = {1992 Dec},
  issn = {0305-7518},
  url = {http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1992/v63n4/pdf/v63n4a06.pdf},
  doi = {10.5935/0305-7518.19920041},
  language = {eng},
}