A survey of school teachers' knowledge and behaviour about epilepsy, in a developing country such as Senegal;Enquête sur l'épilepsie chez des enseignants d'un pays en développement: Exemple du Sénégal

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 338-341

  Ndour, D ^a   Diop, A G ^a,c   Ndiaye, M ^a   Niang, C ^b   Sarr, M M ^a   Ndiaye, I P ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c NONE   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SENEGAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHER;

EID: 1642301157     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(04)70909-1     Document Type: Review

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