Readability of patient information leaflets on antiepileptic drugs in the UK

Seizure

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-37

  Wong, I C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Patient information leaflets; Readability

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; EPILEPSY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033050390     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1998.0220     Document Type: Article

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