The prevalence of epilepsy in a rural district of Vietnam: A population-based study from the EPIBAVI project

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1634-1637

  Tuan, Nguyen Anh ^a   Cuong, Le Quang ^a   Allebeck, Peter ^b   Chuc, Nguyen Thi Kim ^a   Persson, Hans E ^b   Tomson, Torbjörn ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Prevalence; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 51249098034     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01663.x     Document Type: Article

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