Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam: Changing incidence rates during the past 60 years

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-157

  Plato, Chris C ^b   Garruto, Ralph M ^b   Galasko, Douglas ^b   Craig, Ulla Katrina ^a   Plato, Meropi ^b   Gamst, Anthony ^b   Torres, Jose M ^a   Wiederholt, Wigbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Dementia; Parkinsonian disorders

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUAM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GUAM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

GUAM;

EID: 0037438648     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf175     Document Type: Article

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