Mortality trends of multiple sclerosis in Spain, 1951-1997: An age-period-cohort analysis

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 129-134

  Llorca, Javier ^a,b   Guerrero Alonso, Paula ^a   Prieto Salceda, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age period cohort analysis; Epidemiological methods; Mortality; Multiple sclerosis; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIRTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT; RISK; SPAIN; TIME OF DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 18744383664     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083000     Document Type: Article

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