Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis after long-term exposure to drinking water with high selenium content

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 529-532

  Vinceti, Marco ^a   Guidetti, Donata ^b   Pinotti, Mirco ^a   Rovesti, Sergio ^a   Merlin, Monica ^c   Vescovi, Luciano ^d   Bergomi, Margherita ^a   Vivoli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Department of Health ^*  (Italy)

^d Municipal Water Supply Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; cohort study; drinking water; environment; motor neuron disease; selenium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SELENIUM; WATER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0029839524     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199609000-00014     Document Type: Article

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