Migration and multiple sclerosis in immigrants from United Kingdom and Ireland to Australia: a reassessment. III: risk of multiple sclerosis in UKI immigrants and Australian-born in Hobart, Tasmania

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 792-798

  Barnett, Michael H ^a   McLeod, James G ^a   Hammond, Simon R ^b   Kurtzke, John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Central West Neurology and Neurosurgery   (Australia)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Environment; Epidemiology; Latent infection; Migration; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; INCIDENCE; MIGRANT; TASMANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK FACTORS; TASMANIA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962771329     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-016-8059-6     Document Type: Article

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