First population study of the general public awareness and perception of epilepsy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 154-161

  Bagić, Anto ^a   Bagić, Dragan ^b   Živković, Ilija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Katolički bogoslovni fakultet ^*  (Croatia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Epilepsy; Helping potential; Knowledge; Perception; Public; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; EMERGENCY CARE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149170580     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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