Environmental factors in early childhood are associated with multiple sclerosis: A case-control study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Conradi, Silja ^a,b   Malzahn, Uwe ^a   Schröter, Franziska ^a   Paul, Friedemann ^a   Quill, Sabine ^a   Spruth, Eike ^a   Harms, Lutz ^a   Bergh, Florian T ^b   Ditzenbach, Anna ^c   Georgi, Thomas ^d   Heuschmann, Peter ^a   Rosche, Berit ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c General Practitioner   (Germany)

^d General Practitioner   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; URBAN AREA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BERLIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053559948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-123     Document Type: Article

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