Etiological explanation, treatability and preventability of childhood autism: A survey of Nigerian healthcare workers' opinion

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Owalabi Bakari, Muideen ^a   Agomoh, Ahamefule O ^a   Ebigbo, Peter O ^b   Eaton, Julian ^c   Okonkwo, Kevin O ^b   Onwukwe, Jojo U ^a   Onyeama, Gabriel M ^b  

^a Federal Neuro psychiatric Hospital Enugu   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c West Africa CBM National Co ordination Office   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIGERIA; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 61649097751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-8-6     Document Type: Article

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