Motor vehicle accidents, suicides, and assaults in epilepsy: A population-based study

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 801-806

  Kwon, C ^a,d   Liu, M ^b   Quan, H ^a   Thoo, V ^c   Wiebe, S ^a   Jette N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Health Services   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEX RATIO; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952376352     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31820e7b3b     Document Type: Article

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