Awareness and knowledge of epilepsy among students in a Malaysian University

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 593-596

  Ab Rahman, Ab Fatah ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Developing country; Epilepsy; Knowledge; Students; University

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 28944444662     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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