Underlying cause of death in incident unprovoked seizures in the urban community of Northern Manhattan, New York City

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2296-2300

  Benn, Emma K T ^a   Allen Hauser, W ^a,b,c   Shih, Tina ^d   Leary, Linda ^c   Bagiella, Emilia ^b   Dayan, Peter ^e   Green, Robert ^e   Andrews, Howard ^b   Thurman, David J ^f   Hesdorffer, Dale C ^a,b  

^a Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349311711     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02133.x     Document Type: Article

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