Risk factors for epilepsy: A population-based case-control study in Kerala, southern India

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-63

  Kannoth, Sudheeran ^a   Unnikrishnan, Janardhanan P ^a   Santhosh Kumar, T ^a   Sankara Sarma, P ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Case control study; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; LABOR COMPLICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN CARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249120305     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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