Barriers to access to education for young people with epilepsy in Northern Tanzania: A qualitative interview and focus group study involving teachers, parents and young people with epilepsy.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Epilepsy & Behavior

• Publication date

  2017-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Education

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.04.005PMID 28578216
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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