Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and changes of residence in Alberta

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-348

  Yiannakoulias, Nikolaos ^a,e   Schopflocher, Donald P ^a,b,c,d   Warren, Sharon A ^c   Svenson, Lawrence W ^a,c,d  

^a Public Health Surveillance and Environmental Health   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 34548389188     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100006806     Document Type: Article

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