Knowledge, practice and attitude toward epilepsy among primary and secondary school teachers in South Gezira locality, Gezira State, Sudan

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-21

  Babikar, Haydar E ^a   Abbas, Islam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Beliefs; Epilepsy; Knowledge; Primary; Secondary school; Sudan; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85123379449     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-1683.78633     Document Type: Article

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