A questionnaire study on knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy in schoolchildren and university students in Rome, Italy

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-319

  Mecarelli, Oriano ^a,b   Li Voti, Pietro ^a   Vanacore, Nicola ^c   D'Arcangelo, Silvana ^a   Mingoia, Marielisa ^a   Pulitano, Patrizia ^a   Accornero, Neri ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Health ^*

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Knowledge; Public attitudes; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EPILEPSY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROME; STUDENTS;

EID: 34247191885     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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