Deprivation and incidence of epilepsy in children

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-193

  Reading, Richard ^a   Haynes, Robin ^b   Beach, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Epilepsy; Incidence; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 33645026882     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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