Epilepsy: Public knowledge and attitude in a slum area of Karachi, Pakistan

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 330-337

  Shafiq, M ^a   Tanwir, M ^a   Tariq, A ^a   Kasi, P M ^a   Zafar, M ^a   Saleem, A ^a   Rehman, R ^a   Zaidi, S Z ^a   Taj, F ^a   Khuwaja, A A ^a   Shaikh, K S ^a   Khuwaja, A K ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Community; Epilepsy; Knowledge and attitude

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SAMPLING; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POVERTY AREAS;

EID: 34247339362     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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