The epidemiology of ALS in Modena, Italy

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 683-689

  Mandrioli, Jessica ^a   Faglioni, Pietro ^a   Merelli, Elisa ^a   Sola, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0037465440     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000048208.54755.78     Document Type: Article

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