Leisure time and social activity after a newly diagnosed unprovoked epileptic seizure in adult age. A population-based case - Referent study

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-133

  Lindsten, Hans ^a,b   Stenlund, H ^a   Forsgren, L ^a  

^a Dept of Pub Hlth/Clin Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Leisure time activity; Marital status; Psychosocial prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037291649     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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