Epilepsy in Estonia: A quality-of-life study

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1061-1073

  Herodes, Marju ^a,b   Õun, Andre ^a   Haldre, Sulev ^a   Kaasik, Ain Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery ^*  (Estonia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Estonia; Quality of life; RAND 36; Stigmatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0034869517     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.0420081061.x     Document Type: Article

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