Association of environmental toxins with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 803-811

  Su, Feng Chiao ^a   Goutman, Stephen A ^b   Chernyak, Sergey ^a   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^a   Callaghan, Brian C ^b   Batterman, Stuart ^a   Feldman, Eva L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; CHLORDANE; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXIN; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE TIME ENVIRONMENT HYPOTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY SERVICE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AGED; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84978062857     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.0594     Document Type: Article

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