Smoking and Increased Risk of Multiple Sclerosis: Parallel Trends in the Sex Ratio Reinforce the Evidence

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 536-542

  Palacios, Natalia ^a   Alonso, Alvaro ^b   BrØnnum Hansen, Henrik ^c   Ascherio, Alberto ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Multiple Sclerosis; Sex Ratio; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

CANADA; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 79957942613     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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