Exercise, diet, health behaviors, and risk factors among persons with epilepsy based on the California Health Interview Survey, 2005

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-315

  Elliott, John O ^a   Lu, Bo ^a   Moore, J Layne ^a   McAuley, James W ^a   Long, Lucretia ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; California health interview survey; Diet; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Exercise; Health promotion; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 45649085667     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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