Occupational exposure to metals and solvents and the risk of motor neuron disease: A case-control study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 353-356

  Gait, Rosalind ^a   Maginnis, Claire ^b   Lewis, Sarah ^a   Pickering, Neil ^b   Antoniak, Marilyn ^a   Hubbard, Richard ^a   Lawson, Ian ^b   Britton, John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metals; Motor neuron disease; Solvents

Indexed keywords

METAL; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EMPLOYEE; ENGINEERING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGINEERING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142120668     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072925     Document Type: Article

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