The role of exogenous risk factors in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Wakayama, Japan

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 150-156

  Kihira, Tameko ^a   Kanno, Seizi ^a   Miwa, Hideto ^a   Okamoto, Kazushi ^b   Kondo, Tomoyoshi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Focus ALS; Kii ALS; Occupation; Risk factors; Spinal spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 34249985510     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960601179407     Document Type: Article

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