Multiple sclerosis in Tehran, Iran: A joinpoint trend analysis

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 512-

  Heydarpour, Pouria ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^b   Yekaninejad, Mir Saeed ^b   Elhami, Seyedeh Robab ^b   Khoshkish, Shayan ^a   Sahraian, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREND STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84896117328     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513494496     Document Type: Letter

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