Seasonality of admissions with multiple sclerosis in Scotland

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1109-1111

  Handel, Adam E ^a,b   Disanto, Giulio ^a,b   Jarvis, Lynne ^c   Mclaughlin, Ryan ^a,b   Fries, Anastasia ^a,b   Ebers, George C ^a,b   Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hospital admissions; Multiple sclerosis; Season

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960325099     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03318.x     Document Type: Article

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