Chronic diseases in male veterans with multiple sclerosis

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  LaVela, Sherri L ^a,b   Prohaska, Thomas R ^c   Furner, Sylvia ^c   Weaver, Frances M ^a,d  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84869068663     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.110121     Document Type: Article

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