A prospective study of smoking, caffeine, and alcohol as risk factors for seizures or epilepsy in young adult women: Data from the Nurses' Health Study II

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-205

  Dworetzky, Barbara A ^a   Bromfield, Edward B ^a   Townsend, Mary K ^b,c   Kang, Jae H ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Caffeine; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Risk factors; Seizures; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAFFEINE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SMOKING;

EID: 75649135893     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02268.x     Document Type: Article

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