The social epidemiology of multiple sclerosis

Science of the Total Environment, The

Volumn 90, Issue C, 1990, Pages 163-190

  Lowis, George W ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; DISEASE DISTRIBUTION; ETIOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIO-CULTURAL DATA;

AGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUTRITION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DIET; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SANITATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0025197615     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(90)90192-W     Document Type: Article

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