Comorbidity, health screening, and quality of life among persons with a history of epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-129

  Elliott, John O ^a   Lu, Bo ^a   Shneker, Bassel ^a   Charyton, Christine ^a   Layne Moore, J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California Health Interview Survey; Comorbid conditions; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Health screening; Prevalence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149159714     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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