Prevalence of multiple sclerosis among immigrants in Norway

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 695-702

  Berg Hansen, Pål ^b   Moen, Stine M ^a   Sandvik, Leiv ^a   Harbo, Hanne F ^b   Bakken, Inger J ^c   Stoltenberg, Camilla ^d   Celius, Elisabeth G ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; ethnicity; migration; multiple sclerosis; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRANIAN (CITIZEN); LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORTH AMERICAN; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY; AFRICA; ASIA; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NORTH AMERICA; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930513705     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458514554055     Document Type: Article

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