An observational study investigating the health provision for children with epilepsy within secondary schools in the East Midlands, UK

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 539-544

  Dunkley, Colin ^a   Waldron, B ^a   Ahmad, N ^a   Whitehouse, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Epilepsy; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING; SWIMMING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPUTERS; ENGLAND; EPILEPSY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SWIMMING; TEACHING;

EID: 0344444298     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2003.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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