Smoking, snuff dipping and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - A prospective cohort study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 217-221

  Fang, Fang ^a   Bellocco, Rino ^a,c   Hernán, Miguel A ^b   Ye, Weimin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cigarette smoking; Snuff dipping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 33845778444     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096956     Document Type: Article

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