Cardiovascular fitness as a risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Indirect evidence from record linkage study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 395-398

  Turner, Martin R ^a   Wotton, Clare ^a   Talbot, Kevin ^a   Goldacre, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858000667     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-301161     Document Type: Article

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