Mortality of Multiple Sclerosis in Relation to Geographic Factors in France
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Neuroepidemiology
- Vol. 9 (3) , 113-117
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000110759
Abstract
The multiple sclerosis (MS) mortality 1968-1977 in France, as reported by Alperovitch and Bouvier, was tested for a possible correlation with a number of sociogeographic variables from relevant periods. The MS rate was associated with the main industry groups (metal processing and textile industry), with industry as a whole, and with the extent of oat cultivation. These findings are in agreement with observations in other countries and suggest a possible role of factors, somehow related to these features, in the etiology of MS.Keywords
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