An exploratory spatial analysis of ALS incidence in Ireland over 17.5 years (1995 - July 2013)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Rooney, James ^a   Heverin, Mark ^a   Vajda, Alice ^a   Crampsie, Arlene ^b   Tobin, Katy ^a   Byrne, Susan ^a   Staines, Anthony ^c   Hardiman, Orla ^a,d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^d BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901432007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096556     Document Type: Article

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