A survey of public awareness, understanding, and attitudes toward epilepsy in Greece

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2154-2164

  Diamantopoulos, Nicholaos ^a   Kaleyias, Joseph ^a   Tzoufi, Meropi ^b   Kotsalis, Charilaos ^c  

^a Karamandanion Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Awareness; Epilepsy; Greece; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA;

EID: 33845627393     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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