Knowledge of Epilepsy and Familiarity with This Disorder in the U.S. Population: Results from the 2002 HealthStyles Survey

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1449-1454

  Kobau, Rosemarie ^a   Price, Patricia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication campaigns; Epilepsy; Epilepsy Foundation; Health education; Seizures; Stigma; Survey; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242490848     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.17603.x     Document Type: Review

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