Epilepsy and risk of suicide: a population-based case-control study

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 693-698

  Christensen, Jakob ^a   Vestergaard, Mogens ^b   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^b   Sidenius, Per ^a   Agerbo, Esben ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34447307119     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70175-8     Document Type: Article

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