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Author(s) -
Graham Allen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/add.14496
Subject(s) - psychology , medicine , environmental health
The opening of this new monograph consists of two chapters: one examines the history of leprosy, and the other its epidemiology. Professor Cairns Smith, Chair in Public Health at the University of Aberdeen and Chair of the ILEP Technical Commission, wrote the second chapter. There are a further three sections on the scientific, clinical and social aspects of leprosy respectively. The chapter on chemotherapy was provided by Dr. Paul Saunderson, Medical Director for the American Leprosy Missions and the International Leprosy Mission and member of the ILEP Technical Commission.