Waterpipe smoking associated with multiple sclerosis: A population-based incident case–control study

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1328-1335

  Abdollahpour, Ibrahim ^a,b   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^a,c   Sahraian, Mohammad Ali ^d   Mansournia, Mohammad Ali ^a   Otahal, Petr ^e   van der Mei, Ingrid ^e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

logistic regression; Multiple sclerosis; passive smoking; population based incident case control; tobacco smoking; waterpipe smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WATERPIPE TOBACCO;

EID: 85027830848     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458516677867     Document Type: Article

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