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Gender and the stigma of onchocercal skin disease in Africa

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ID4601452
AuthorsCarol Vlassoff (0000-0003-1362-4034, International Development Research Centre, corresponding author), Mitchell G Wei (0000-0002-1580-1332, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Mitchell Wei, Mitchell Weiss, E B L Ovuga (Makerere University), Christine Eneanya, C I Eneanya (Université de Yaoundé I), P Titi Nwel (Nnamdi Azikiwe University), Sunday Babalola (0000-0003-3956-712X, University of Ibadan), S Sunday Babalola, Albert K Awedoba (University of Ghana), Biri Theophilus (Centre for Social Sciences), Patience Cofie (Ministry of Health), Pegah Shetabi (University of California, San Francisco)
Year2000
Volume50
Issue10
Pages1353-1368
Publication date2000-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/s0277-9536(99)00389-5
PMID10741573
OpenAlexW2163221515
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited18

Biology · Developing country · Disease · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Onchocerciasis · Pathology · Population · Psychiatry · Social stigma · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Demography · Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences · Medicine · Psychology · Vector-Borne Animal Diseases · Vector-borne infectious diseases · Gerontology

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Unique citing works21
Citations per year0,84
Citation span2001 - 2026 (26)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 19

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