Prejudice and attitudes toward epilepsy in a population of teachers and parents in Curitiba city;Atitudes e preconceitos sobre as epilepsias em uma população de pais e professores de Curitiba

Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-52

  Antoniuk, Sérgio Antonio ^a,b   Dos Santos, Lúcia Helena Coutinho ^a   Baú, Cinthia ^a   Brotto, Márcia Leila ^a   Lezcano, Prima Soledad M ^a   De Almeida, Tatiana ^a   Baú, Vanessa ^a   Bruck, Isac ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b CENEP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attitude; Awareness; Epilepsy; Parents and teachers; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BRAZIL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBURBAN AREA; TEACHER;

EID: 33847138059     PISSN: 16762649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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