Epilepsy control in the twenty-first century: Hidden impact on children and families

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-236

  Pal, Deb K ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INDIA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; PARENTS;

EID: 0012607987     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00348.x     Document Type: Editorial

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