Occupational exposures and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A population- based case-control study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1076-1088

  McGuire, Valerie ^a   Longstreth Jr , W T ^a,b   Nelson, Lorene M ^c   Koepsell, Thomas D ^a   Checkoway, Harvey ^a   Morgan, Michael S ^a   Van Belle, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Metals; Occupational exposure; Solvents

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; METAL; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

EID: 0030967096     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009070     Document Type: Article

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