Socioeconomic prognosis after a newly diagnosed unprovoked epileptic seizure in adults: A population-based case-control study

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1239-1250

  Lindsten, Hans ^a   Stenlund, Hans ^a   Edlund, Curt ^a   Forsgren, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Epilepsy; Incapacity rate; Income; Vocational status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORBIDITY; PENSIONS; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036797779     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.51101.x     Document Type: Article

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