Factors affecting quality of life in epilepsy in a multi-ethnic urban population

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 283-285

  Grant, Arthur C ^a   Prus, Nehama ^a   Nakhutina, Luba ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; QOLIE; Quality of life; Seizure; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; EPILEPSY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CARE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875235937     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.01.031     Document Type: Article

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