Frequency of unemployment among epileptic patients in Tikrit, Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 531-535

  Al Saad, S K ^a   Al Khayat, J Q ^b   Al Nooman, N N ^b  

^a Department of Psychomental Health   (Iraq)

^b TIKRIT UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONSET AGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0037837520     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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