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Functional Activity Limitation and Quality of Life of Leprosy Cases in an Endemic Area in Northeastern Brazil

BACKGROUND: Few studies have evaluated the association between quality of life (QoL) and functional activity limitations (FAL) of leprosy patients as determined by the Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness scale (SALSA). AIM: To identify the association between FALs and the QoL of pa...

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Autores principales:	Santos, Victor S., Oliveira, Laudice S., Castro, Fabrícia D. N., Gois-Santos, Vanessa T., Lemos, Ligia M. D., Ribeiro, Maria do C. O., Cuevas, Luis E., Gurgel, Ricardo Q.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4489006/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26132166 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003900

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