Occurrence of seizures in association with work-related stress in young male army recruits

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1451-1456

  Moshe, Shlomo ^a,b,e   Shilo, Michal ^a   Chodick, Gabriel ^a   Yagev, Yaron ^a   Blatt, Ilan ^c   Korczyn, Amos D ^d   Neufeld, Miri Y ^d  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e Occupational Unit   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Military service; Seizures; Sleep deprivation; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; COMBAT UNIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB STRESS; MAINTENANCE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 48149109847     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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