Reaction to epilepsy in the workplace

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1134-1140

  Harden, Cynthia L ^a   Kossoy, Amy ^a   Vera, Susanne ^a   Nikolov, Blagovest ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; First aid; Stigma; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEW YORK CITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 4544362796     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.67003.x     Document Type: Article

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