TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Age Factors KW - Child KW - Female KW - Humans KW - India KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Patient Compliance KW - Seasons KW - Sex Factors AU - Bhagoliwal A AU - Chandra J AU - Mishra R S AB -

The problem of default or irregularity in taking the medicine is a great hinderance to the eradication of the disease. An attempt has been made here to judge this problem from various angles and to pin point the factors leading to default. A cohort of 253 patients have been comprehensively interviewed and the results have been analysed statistically.

BT - Leprosy in India C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/449291?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1979 Jan IS - 1 J2 - Lepr India LA - eng N2 -

The problem of default or irregularity in taking the medicine is a great hinderance to the eradication of the disease. An attempt has been made here to judge this problem from various angles and to pin point the factors leading to default. A cohort of 253 patients have been comprehensively interviewed and the results have been analysed statistically.

PY - 1979 SP - 96 EP - 102 T2 - Leprosy in India TI - Some observations on default among leprosy patients. VL - 51 SN - 0024-1024 ER -