Gulf War service is an uncertain trigger for ALS

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 730-731

  Rose, Michael R ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; WAR;

EID: 0141542592     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.61.6.730     Document Type: Editorial

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