Exogenous risk factors in sporadic ALS: A review of the literature;Facteurs de risque exogènes de la sclérose latérale amyotrophique sporadique

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 163, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1021-1030

  Gil, J ^a,b   Funalot, B ^c   Torny, F ^c   Lacoste, M ^c   Couratier, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b Section Neuroepidémiologie   (Uruguay)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Case control studies; Cohort studies; Leasure; Mortality studies; Profession; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LITERATURE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SMOKING;

EID: 37149038643     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-3787(07)74174-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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