Effects of demographic factors on survival time after a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 114-120

  Jordan, Heather ^a,b   Fagliano, Jerald ^a   Rechtman, Lindsay ^a,b   Lefkowitz, Daniel ^a   Kaye, Wendy ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^b McKing Consulting Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Death certificates; Hazard ratio; Mortality; Survival curves

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES; COHORT ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW JERSEY; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84925432691     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000380855     Document Type: Article

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