Referral patterns of family physicians may allow population-based incidence studies of childhood epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-231

  Speechley, Kathy Nixon ^a,b   Levin, Simon D ^a   Wiebe, Samuel ^a   Blume, Warren T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood seizures; Family physicians; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AMBULATORY CARE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPILEPSY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0032897995     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02079.x     Document Type: Article

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