Epilepsy myths: Alive and foaming in the 21st century

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-196

  Baxendale, Sallie ^a   O'Toole, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cinema; Epilepsy; First aid; Seizure; Stereotype; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEIZURE; STEREOTYPY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYTHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547398958     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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