Association between alcohol consumption and multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis of observational studies

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1543-1550

  Zhu, Tiantian ^a   Ye, Xiaofei ^a   Zhang, Tianyi ^a   Lin, Zhiyong ^a   Shi, Wentao ^a   Wei, Xin ^b   Liu, Yuzhou ^b   He, Jia ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Meta analysis; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; RISK;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RISK;

EID: 84940051335     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-015-2326-7     Document Type: Review

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