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“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

Bobbie Person Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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David Addiss Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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L. Kay Bartholomew University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Cecilia Meijer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Victor Pou Instituto Dermatologico y Cirugia de Piel Dr. Huberto Bogaert Díaz (DHBD), Federico Velásquez Esq. Albert Thomas, Departamento de Flebologia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Guillermo Gonzálvez The Centro Para el Control de Enfermedades Tropicales (CENCET), Villa Maria, Santo Domingo City, Dominican Republic
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Bart Van Den Borne Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Pages 349-365 | Received 23 Jun 2006, Accepted 17 Dec 2006, Published online: 03 Apr 2008

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