Job strain, hypoxia and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Results from a death certificate study

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 430-434

  Vanacore, Nicola ^a   Cocco, Pierluigi ^b   Fadda, Domenica ^b   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Epidemiology; Fire fighters; Professional athletes

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANOXIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956631194     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482961003605796     Document Type: Article

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