Perception of epilepsy among the urban secondary school children of Bareilly district

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-127

  Joshi, Hari ^a   Mahmood, Syed Esam ^a   Bamel, Arjun ^a   Agarwal, Ajay ^a   Shaifali, Iram ^a  

^a ROHILKHAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Attitude; behavior; epilepsy; knowledge; myth; students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84860456309     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.94996     Document Type: Article

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