Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in US veterans: VII. Risk factors for MS

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 204-213

  Kurtzke, John F ^a,c   Page, William F ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER;

EID: 0031037408     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.1.204     Document Type: Article

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