What we truly know about occupation as a risk factor for ALS: A critical and systematic review

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 295-301

  Sutedja, Nadia A ^a   Fischer, Kathelijn ^b   Veldink, Jan H ^a   Van Der Heijden, Geert J M G ^b   Kromhout, Hans ^c   Heederik, Dick ^c   Huisman, Mark H B ^a   Wokke, John J H ^a   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Occupation; Risk; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARMY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMBASE; HAIRDRESSER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WORKER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450169454     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960802430799     Document Type: Article

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