Epilepsy; What do Saudi's living in Riyadh know?

Seizure

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-209

  Alaqeel, Ahmed ^a   Sabbagh, Abdulrahman J ^b,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Education; Epilepsy; Epilepsy education; Perceptions of epilepsy; Public attitudes; Public awareness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEIZURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AWARENESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84875231083     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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