Modelling individual space-time exposure opportunities: A novel approach to unravelling the genetic or environment disease causation debate

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-94

  Sabel, Clive E ^a   Boyle, Paul ^b   Raab, Gillian ^b   Löytönen, Markku ^c   Maasilta, Paula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); Exposure assessment; Individual level; Residential histories; Space time clusters

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953245809     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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