Home management of febrile convulsion in an African population: A comparison of urban and rural mothers' knowledge attitude and practice

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 49-52

  Ofovwe, G E ^a   Ibadin, O M ^a   Ofovwe, E C ^a   Okolo, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitude; Febrile convulsion; Home; Knowledge; Management; Mothers; Practice

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCIENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; NIGERIA; RURAL POPULATION; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037102727     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00128-4     Document Type: Article

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