Occupational exposure to magnetic fields and electric shocks and risk of ALS: The Swiss National Cohort

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 80-85

  Huss, Anke ^a,b   Spoerri, Adrian ^b   Egger, Matthias ^b,c   Kromhout, Hans ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Electric shocks; Magnetic fields; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937633448     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2014.954588     Document Type: Article

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