Population-Based Study of Epilepsy in Cambodia Associated Factors, Measures of Impact, Stigma, Quality of Life, Knowledge-Attitude-Practice, and Treatment Gap

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Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Bhalla, Devender ^a,e,f   Chea, Kimly ^b   Hun, Chamroeun ^b,c,e   Vannareth, Mey ^b   Huc, Pierre ^a,f   Chan, Samleng ^b,c,e   Sebbag, Robert ^d   Gérard, Daniel ^d   Dumas, Michel ^a,f   Oum, Sophal ^b   Druet Cabanac, Michel ^a,f   Preux, Pierre Marie ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Cambodia)

^c Calmette Hospital   (Cambodia)

^d SANOFI   (France)

^e Cambodian Society of Neurology   (Cambodia)

^f LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAMBODIA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CAMBODIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84867539381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046296     Document Type: Article

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