The Yelandur study: A community-based approach to epilepsy in rural South India - Epidemiological aspects

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-288

  Mani, K S ^a   Rangan, Geeta ^a   Srinivas, H V ^a   Kalyanasundaram, S ^a   Narendran, S ^a   Reddy, A K ^a  

^a Indian Epilepsy Association   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; India; Paramedical workers; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX EPILEPSY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL HEALTH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031658621     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80019-8     Document Type: Article

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