Accidents at work among people with epilepsy. Results of a European prospective cohort study

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 313-319

  Cornaggia, Cesare Maria ^a   Beghi, Massimiliano ^a   Moltrasio, Luca ^a   Beghi, Ettore ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accident; Epilepsy; Work

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCUMENTATION; EPILEPSY; ESTONIA; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SKILL; SLOVENIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744543235     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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