Epilepsy and prejudice with particular relevance to childhood

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 777-781

  Gordon, Neil ^a   Sillanpää, Matti ^b  

^a Huntlywood   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030717574     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07383.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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