Incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the Faroe Islands

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-66

  Joensen, P ^a  

^a Faroese National Hospital   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Environmental neurology; Faroe Islands; Incidence; Neuroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUROPE; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861937295     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01611.x     Document Type: Article

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