Post-traumatic epilepsy: Its complications and impact on occupational rehabilitation - An epidemiological study from India

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 487-495

  Dasgupta, A K ^a,b  

^a STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED   (India)

^b 'Hilltop'   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Fertility; Occupational rehabilitation; Post traumatic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REPRODUCTION; SEIZURE; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032432549     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.8.487     Document Type: Article

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