Sun exposure and multiple sclerosis risk in Norway and Italy: The EnvIMS study

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1042-1049

  Bjørnevik, Kjetil ^a,b   Riise, Trond ^a,b   Casetta, Ilaria ^c   Drulovic, Jelena ^d   Granieri, Enrico ^c   Holmøy, Trygve ^e,f   Kampman, Margitta T ^g,h   Landtblom, Anne Marie ⁱ   Lauer, Klaus ^j   Lossius, Andreas ^e,k   Magalhaes, Sandra ^l   Myhr, Kjell Morten ^a,b   Pekmezovic, Tatjana ^d   Wesnes, Kristin ^a,b   Wolfson, Christina ^m   Pugliatti, Maura ^a,n  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

ⁱ LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j Institute of Immunology Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet ^*

^k OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

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Author keywords

epidemiology; Multiple sclerosis; sun exposure; sunscreen; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABIT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; ADOLESCENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILDHOOD; HAIR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; LONDE HAIR; OUTDOOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RED HAIR; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN HABIT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HAIR COLOR; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901484330     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513513968     Document Type: Article

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