Epidemiology of ALS

Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 327-331

  Nelson, Lorene N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; epidemiology; incidence; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029433185     PISSN: 10656766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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