Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 4 B, 2007, Pages 1186-1191

  Falavigna, Asdrubal ^a,b   Teles, Alisson Roberto ^a   Roth, Felipe ^a   Velho, Maíra Cristina ^a   Roxo, Marcelo Ricardo Rosa ^a   Bosco, Alexandre Luiz Dal ^a   Da Silva, Roberta Castilhos ^a   Carrer, Tatiane ^a   Medina, Miguel Francisco De Lessa ^a   Salvati, Gustavo ^a   Dahmer, Cleiton ^a   Basso, Maira ^a   Vedana, Viviane Maria ^a   Mazzocchin, Thaís ^a   Mosena, Gabriela ^a   Ribeiro, Ricardo Gil ^a   Siqueira, Tiago Adami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de Caxias do Sul ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Brazil; Epilepsy; Knowledge; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BRAZIL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 41549168075     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000700018     Document Type: Article

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