Traditional healers and epilepsy treatment on the Kenyan coast

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1638-1639

  Kendall Taylor, Nathaniel ^a,b   Kathomi, Caroline ^b   Rimba, Kenneth ^b   Newton, Charles R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; KENYA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KENYA; MENTAL HEALING; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALISM;

EID: 51249119167     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01580_1.x     Document Type: Article

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