Prevalence survey of multiple sclerosis in the Australian Capital Territory

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 161-167

  Simmons, Rex D ^a,c   Hall, C A ^b   Gleeson, P ^b   Everard, G ^b   Casse, R F ^c   O'Brien, E D ^d  

^a Australian Natl Register of MS Fam   (Australia)

^b Multiple Sclerosis Soc of the ACT   (Australia)

^c CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ACT Dept of Hlth and Comm Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Capital Territory; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035031688     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2001.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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