"Can it be that god does not remember me": a qualitative study on the psychological distress, suffering, and coping of Dominican women with chronic filarial lymphedema and elephantiasis of the leg.

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Published in Health Care Women Int on April 01, 2008

Authors

Bobbie Person1, David Addiss, L Kay Bartholomew, Cecilia Meijer, Victor Pou, Guillermo Gonzálvez, Bart Van Den Borne

Author Affiliations

1: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. BEP2@cdc.gov

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