Environmental and occupational risk factors for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A case-control study

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-38

  Malek, Angela M ^a   Barchowsky, Aaron ^b   Bowser, Robert ^d   Heiman Patterson, Terry ^e   Lacomis, David ^c   Rana, Sandeep ^e   Youk, Ada ^b   Stickler, David ^a   Lackland, Daniel T ^a   Talbott, Evelyn O ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Environmental exposure; Epidemiology; Occupational exposure; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METAL; PESTICIDE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903588715     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355344     Document Type: Article

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