Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and survival in men and women: a prospective study

Background Previous epidemiologic studies have examined the association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) incidence, but their results have been inconsistent. Moreover, limited information exists on the association between smoking and survival in ALS patients. We evaluated the a...

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Main Authors: Alonso, Alvaro, Jick, Susan S., Logroscino, Giancarlo, Hernan, Miguel Angel
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.) 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69546