The environment and the nervous system

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 98-99

  Poser, Charles M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Epidemiology; Genetics; Geography; Multiple sclerosis; Sunlight; Vaccines; Viruses

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONFUSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUNLIGHT; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROTOXINS; VACCINES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 34548548713     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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