TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Agriculture
KW - Disabled Persons
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Patient Education as Topic
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
AU - Kartikeyan S
AU - Chaturvedi R M
AB - <p>A study of 1,338 leprosy affected agricultural labourers in an endemic district revealed that 12% had deformities. The patient's sex, type of disease, duration and educational status seemed to influence pattern of leprosy deformities. The patients continued working despite deformities in order to avoid financial dependence on their family members and loss of dignity.</p>
BT - Indian journal of leprosy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1431326?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1992 Jul-Sep
IS - 3
J2 - Indian J Lepr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>A study of 1,338 leprosy affected agricultural labourers in an endemic district revealed that 12% had deformities. The patient's sex, type of disease, duration and educational status seemed to influence pattern of leprosy deformities. The patients continued working despite deformities in order to avoid financial dependence on their family members and loss of dignity.</p>
PY - 1992
SP - 375
EP - 9
T2 - Indian journal of leprosy
TI - Pattern of leprosy deformities among agricultural labourers in an endemic district: a pilot study.
VL - 64
SN - 0254-9395
ER -