Multiple sclerosis in the Faroe Islands. 8. Notifiable diseases

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-109

  Wallin, M T ^a,b,d   Heltberg, A ^c   Kurtzke, J F ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d MS Center of Excellence East   (United States)

Author keywords

British occupation; epidemics; Faroe Islands; infections; multiple sclerosis; World War II

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; DYSENTERY; FAROE ISLANDS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUMPS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RUBELLA; SCARLET FEVER; SYPHILIS; WAR;

CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUMPS; RUBELLA; SCARLET FEVER; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 77954389754     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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