Apgar score and hospitalization for epilepsy in childhood: A registry-based cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ehrenstein, Vera ^a,b   Sørensen, Henrik T ^a,b   Pedersen, Lars ^b   Larsen, Helle ^c   Holsteen, Vibeke ^c   Rothman, Kenneth J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

APGAR SCORE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645221431     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-23     Document Type: Article

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