Validation of a questionnaire as a diagnostic test in an epidemiological study o epilepsy: A based-population survey of 1,500 residents in a neighborhood;Validação de um questionário como teste diagnóstico em estudo epidemiológico de epilepsia: Estudo piloto em um conjunto habitacional de 1.500 habitantes

Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 145-150

  Borges, Moacir Alves ^a,c   Zanetta, Dirce Maria Trevisan ^a   De Marchi, Nely Silvia Aragão ^a   De Carvalho, Antônio Carlos ^a,b   Oliveira, Fábio Nazaré ^a   Borges, Ana Paula Pina ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas e Administração de Empresas D Pedro II

^c Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas e Administração de Empresas D Pedro II ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Epilepsy; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 2642576452     PISSN: 16762649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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