Knowledge and attitude toward epilepsy among health area students;Conhecimentos e atitudes sobre epilepsia entre universitários da área da saúde

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1068-1073

  Fonseca, Lineu Corrêa ^a,b   Tedrus, Gloria M A S ^a   Freire Costa, Ana Carolina ^a   Luciano, Paulo Queiroz ^a   Costa, Kátia Cristina ^a  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b PUC Campinas ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Public attitudes

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

EID: 10944221936     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2004000600025     Document Type: Article

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