Living with epilepsy: Safety during home, leisure and work activities

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 89-98

  Unsworth, Carolyn ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Activities of daily living; Driving; Health promotion; Seizure disorder

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRIVING ABILITY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032842163     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1630.1999.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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