Disability aid compliance in people affected by leprosy in urban and rural Maharashtra, India – a need for comprehensive study
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MARK DAVID BAKER*, VIVEK VASUDEV PAI**, NANDA AJAYAN*** & CHANDRAKANT DHAMALE**** *Nurse Volunteer, Promise Nepal/Bombay Leprosy Project, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India **Director, Bombay Leprosy Project, 11, Vidnyan Bhavan, VN Purav Marg, Sion, Chunabhatti, Mumbai – 400 022, India ***Non Medical Supervisor, Bombay Leprosy Project, 11, Vidnyan Bhavan, VN Purav Marg, Sion Chunabhatti, Mumbai – 400 022, India ****Voluntary Physiotherapist, Bombay Leprosy Project, 11, Vidnyan Bhavan, VN Purav Marg, Sion Chunabhatti, Mumbai – 400 022, India
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Detection of previously undetected leprosy cases in a defined rural and urban area of Maharashtra, Western India.
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