Case-control and qualitative study of attrition in a community epilepsy programme in rural India

Seizure

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-123

  Pal, Deb K ^a   Das, Tulika ^a   Sengupta, Suryanil ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SANCHAR AROD   (India)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; Children; Community; Dropout; Epilepsy; India

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0034162391     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0357     Document Type: Article

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