Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 439-441

  Maddox, R A ^a,c   Holman, R C ^a   Belay, E D ^a   Cheek, J E ^b   Yorita, K L ^a   Schonberger, L B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ESKIMO; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646195858     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000196473.46805.61     Document Type: Article

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