Lifestyle factors and multiple sclerosis: A case-control study in Belgrade

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 212-216

  Pekmezovic, Tatjana ^a,b   Drulovic, Jelena ^b   Milenkovic, Marija ^b   Jarebinski, Mirjana ^a   Stojsavljevic, Nebojsa ^b   Mesaros, Sarlota ^b   Kisic, Darija ^a   Kostic, Jelena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Case control study, multiple sclerosis; Coffee; Multiple sclerosis, alcohol coffee smoking; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COFFEE; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33845890316     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096853     Document Type: Article

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