A quantitative analysis of suspected environmental causes of MS

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-105

  Sloka, Scott ^d   Silva, Claudia ^a   Pryse Phillips, William ^c   Patten, Scott ^a,b   Metz, Luanne ^a   Yong, V Wee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUNLIGHT; TELECOMMUNICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; MEDLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBMED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78650168828     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100011124     Document Type: Article

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