Smoking and risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: analysis of the EPIC cohort.

OBJECTIVE: Cigarette smoking has been reported as "probable" risk factor for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a poorly understood disease in terms of aetiology. The extensive longitudinal data of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) were used to evalu...

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Main Authors: Gallo, V, Bueno-De-Mesquita, H, Vermeulen, R, Andersen, P, Kyrozis, A, Linseisen, J, Kaaks, R, Allen, N, Roddam, A, Boshuizen, H, Peeters, P, Palli, D, Mattiello, A, Sieri, S, Tumino, R, Jiménez-Martín, J, Díaz, M, Suarez, L, Trichopoulou, A, Agudo, A, Arriola, L, Barricante-Gurrea, A, Bingham, S, Khaw, K, Manjer, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009