The risk for multiple sclerosis in female nurse anaesthetists: A register based study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 387-389

  Landtblom, A M ^a   Tondel, M ^a   Hjalmarsson, P ^a   Flodin, U ^a   Axelson, O ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ORGANIC SOLVENT; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSE ANESTHETIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TEACHER; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33744826253     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.024604     Document Type: Article

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