Epilepsy Research
Volume 77, Issue 2 , Pages 141-150 , December 2007

Prevalence of self-reported epilepsy in a multiracial and multiethnic community in New York City

  • Elizabeth A. Kelvin

      Affiliations

    • G.H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Dale C. Hesdorffer

      Affiliations

    • G.H. Sergievsky Center & Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Fax: +1 212 305 2426.
    • ,
  • Emilia Bagiella

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Fax: +1 212 305 9408.
    • ,
  • Howard Andrews

      Affiliations

    • Data Coordinating Center at the New York State Psychiatric Institute & Department of Biostatistics at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Fax: +1 212 543 5684.
    • ,
  • Timothy A. Pedley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Fax: +1 212 305 6978.
    • ,
  • Tina T. Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0138, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • Fax: +1 415 353 2837.
    • ,
  • Linda Leary

      Affiliations

    • UCB, Inc., Department of Medical Affairs, 1950 Lake Park Drive, Smyrna, GA 30080, USA
    • Fax: +1 212 260 2571.
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  • David J. Thurman

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, Mailstop K51, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Fax: +1 770 488 5486.
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  • W. Allen. Hauser

      Affiliations

    • Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center & Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Department of Neurology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Fax: +1 212 305 2426.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 305 2447; fax: +1 212 305 2426.

Received 31 May 2007 ,Revised 28 August 2007 ,Accepted 23 September 2007.

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PII: S0920-1211(07)00288-4

doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.09.012

Epilepsy Research
Volume 77, Issue 2 , Pages 141-150 , December 2007

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