Environmental exposure to trace elements and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A population-based case-control study

Environmental Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 116-123

  Bergomi, Margherita ^a   Vinceti, Marco ^a   Nacci, Grazia ^a   Pietrini, Vladimiro ^b   Brätter, Peter ^c   Alber, Dorothea ^c   Ferrari, Angela ^a   Vescovi, Luciano ^a   Guidetti, Donata ^d   Sola, Patrizia ^a   Malagu, Susanna ^e   Aramini, Chiara ^f   Vivoli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Ospedale per gli Infermi di Faenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ITALY; NAIL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMILIA;

EID: 0036089834     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2002.4361     Document Type: Article

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