Long-term employment of adults with childhood-onset epilepsy: A prospective population-based study

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1053-1060

  Sillanpää, Matti ^a   Schmidt, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Epilepsy Research Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood onset epilepsy; Employment; New onset epilepsy; Population based study; Predictors of social outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954648980     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02505.x     Document Type: Article

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