Risk factors for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 181-193

  Ingre, Caroline ^a   Roos, Per M ^a   Piehl, Fredrik ^a   Kamel, Freya ^b   Fang, Fang ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Environment; Genetics; Lifestyle; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; FUMIGANT; HERBICIDE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID; SELENIUM; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AGE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; C9ORF72 GENE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FITNESS; GENDER; GENE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOD1 GENE; TARDBP GENE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84923111823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S37505     Document Type: Review

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