Nurse-led care for epilepsy at primary level in a rural health district in Cameroon

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1639-1642

  Kengne, Andre Pascal ^a,b   Fezeu, Leopold Ledoux ^b   Awah, Paschal Kum ^b   Sobngwi, Eugene ^b,c   Dongmo, Sylvestre ^d   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Health of Population in Transition (HOPIT) Research Group   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d Bafut District Hospital   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; NURSING PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; DRUG THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING SERVICES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 51249109031     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01580_2.x     Document Type: Article

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