Persian adaptation of a questionnaire of environmental risk factors in multiple sclerosis (EnvIMS-Q)

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 82-85

  Sahraian, Mohammad Ali ^a   Naghshineh, Hoda ^a   Shati, Mohsen ^b   Jahromi, Soodeh Razeghi ^c   Rezaei, Niloofar ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Environmental factors; Multiple sclerosis; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS QUESTIONNAIRE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERSIAN (PEOPLE); PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE; VALIDATION STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

ENVIRONMENT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; IRAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84989877166     PISSN: 22110348     EISSN: 22110356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2016.09.004     Document Type: Article

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