Mortality of epilepsy from national vital statistics and university epilepsy clinic in Taiwan

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2005, Pages 8-10

  Tsai, Jing Jane ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Death certificates; Epilepsy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITAL STATISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; TAIWAN; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 33644784906     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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